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Environmental variables and bird counts for identifying suitable bird habitats
data(birds)
A data frame with 258 observations on the following 10 variables.
GST
DBH
AOT
AFS
DWC
LOG
x_gk
y_gk
SG4
SG5
Counts of breeding bird communities collected at 258 observation plots in a northern Bavarian forest district are the response variable of interest. Along with the number of birds in two structural gilds, 6 covariates are given here and one is interested in quantifying their impact on habitat suitability.
Joerg Mueller (2005). Forest structures as key factor for beetle and bird communities in beech forests. PhD thesis, Munich University of Technology. http://mediatum.ub.tum.de-
Thomas Kneib and Joerg Mueller and Torsten Hothorn (2008), Spatial smoothing techniques for the assessment of habitat suitability, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 15(3), 343–364.