Data file description

The data file is comma-delimited ASCII text. The file is approximately 11 kBytes in size, and consists of 170 rows and 9 columns; the first row contains variable names (column titles):

Family: Plant family
Genus: Plant genus
Species: Plant species
Lifeform: T - tree; S - shrub; H - herb; G - grass; F - fern; H-C - carnivorous (herb)
treetype: E - evergreen; D - deciduous (applies to Trees and Shrubs only; all others are blank)
pctN: mass-based leaf-Nitrogen content
pctP: mass-based leaf-Phosphorus content
pctK: mass-based leaf-Potassium content
Source: Publication from which data were obtained. See References.

These data were assembled with support from research grant 02-35128 from the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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