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Occurrence of lizards

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biology;
generalized linear models

Description:

The data record the presence/absence of Uta lizards on islands in the gulf of California.

There are 19 observations on 3 variables, plus the island names

Variables:
Island The name of the island
Area The island area (in square km)
PA.ratio The marine input per unit island area (in grams per square metre per year); formed as the ratio of island Perimeter to island Area,
Uta Records the occurrence of Uta lizards; one of Present or Absent
Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

Gary A Polis, Stephen D Hurd, Todd Jackson and Francisco Sanchez-Piñero (1998). Multifactor population limitation: variable spatial and temporal control of spiders on gulf of California islands. Ecology, 79(2), 490–502.

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