There are three tables in this dataset.
surveys, which has one row for each individual animal caught:
censusdate month day year treatment plot stake species sex reprod age
1 1978-01-08 1 8 1978 exclosure 3 11 OL <NA> <NA> <NA>
2 1978-01-08 1 8 1978 exclosure 3 22 NA <NA> <NA> <NA>
3 1978-01-08 1 8 1978 exclosure 3 54 PF M <NA> <NA>
testes vagina pregnant nipples lactation hfl wgt tag note2 ltag note3
1 <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA> NA NA 0 <NA> 0 <NA>
2 <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA> NA NA 0 <NA> 0 <NA>
3 S <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA> 15 7 0 <NA> 0 <NA>
species, which has one row for each species in the dataset:
species scientificname taxa commonname censustarget
1 BA Baiomys taylori Rodent Northern pygmy mouse 1
2 PB Chaetodipus baileyi Rodent Bailey's pocket mouse 1
3 PH Chaetodipus hispidus Rodent Hispid pocket mouse 1
unidentified rodent granivore minhfl meanhfl maxhfl minwgt meanwgt maxwgt
1 0 1 1 6 13.25065 15 6 9.449086 18
2 0 1 1 16 26.03125 47 10 31.873515 79
3 0 1 1 21 25.12821 28 18 30.717949 48
juvwgt
1 NA
2 18.99505
3 24.00000
plots, which has one row per plot that tells you if the plot is a control plot or an exclosure plot where the dominant kangaroo rat species have been excluded.
plot treatment
1 3 exclosure
2 4 control
3 11 control