[R-sig-eco] R-sig-ecology (72-19): Plot question
Claas Damken
c.damken at auckland.ac.nz
Mon Mar 24 16:16:28 CET 2014
Hi Luis,
whatever R code you will end up using, the example image you attached is a good example of how NOT to display ecological data. There is no ecological meaning for the lines connecting the dots (i.e, there is nothing halfway between an ant and a termite), as the x axis shows categorial classes and not a continous parameter such as time to consume prey or prey size etc...
Cheers,
Claas
Claas Damken
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research
Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam
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Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:32:19 -0300
From: Luis Fernando Garc?a <luysgarcia at gmail.com>
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Subject: [R-sig-eco] Plot question
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Dear R friends,
I have to produce a plot like the one attached on the file. The idea is to
plot the time spent for a spider over several different prey, the spiders
were repreated in the different trials. If any of you knows how to perform
this plot or have any source which explains how to do it, I would really
appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
Plot : http://imgur.com/u1FNmwn
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spider prey time
1 cockroach 136
1 ant 128
1 termite 115
1 fly 145
1 isopod 115
2 cockroach 187
2 ant 142
2 termite 114
2 fly 115
2 isopod 123
3 cockroach 111
3 ant 121
3 termite 113
3 fly 115
3 isopod 117
4 cockroach 142
4 ant 132
4 termite 156
4 fly 142
4 isopod 113
5 cockroach 115
5 ant 121
5 termite 217
5 fly 213
5 isopod 112
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