[R-sig-eco] R-sig-ecology (72-19): Plot question

[Michał Bogdziewicz]

Bar plots are not necessety the best way to show data:

2014-03-24 21:34 GMT+01:00 Rodrigues <rodriguesmsb at gmail.com>:
> Dear Michal,
>
> In this case they have only two variables: (i) time spend in each prey and
> (ii) prey type. Would be better if he use bar graphs. So if are necessary
> show the time spend for each spider I suggest the follow commands:
>
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> spider2=as.factor(spider)
> plot(time~prey)
> library(gplots)
> mt=tapply(time,prey,mean)
> ept=tapply(time,prey,sd)/sqrt(tapply(time,prey,length))
> barplot2(mt,plot.ci=T,ci.u=mt+ept,ci.l=mt-ept,ylim=c(0,200),ylab="Mean of
> time spending in each prey")
>
> barplot(tapply(time,list(prey,spider),mean),beside=T,ylim=c(0,250),col=c("Gray","Gray10","Gray20","Gray30","Gray40","Gray50"),xlab="Spider",ylab="Time
> spend in each prey")
> levels(prey)
> labs=c("Ant","CocKroach","Fly","Isopod","Termite")
> legend("topleft",labs,fill=c("Gray","Gray10","Gray20","Gray30","Gray40","Gray50"),bty="n")
>
> If u dont like bar use stripchart function for bars :)
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Michał Bogdziewicz
Department of Systematic Zoology
Institute of Environmental Biology
Faculty of Biology
Adam Mickiewicz University
Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan
POLAND

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