[R] averaging X of specific Y (latitude)

[David L Carlson]

It is better to use dput() in R to create a text version of your data for us
to work with. The aggregate command below gives you the mean ranges by
butterfly species and latititude and saves the result as Bfly. The
colnames() command simply renames the columns:

> dta <- structure(list(Species = structure(1:11, .Label = c("Butterfly A1",

+ "Butterfly A2", "Butterfly A3", "Butterfly A4", "Butterfly B1", 
+ "Butterfly B2", "Butterfly B3", "Butterfly B4", "Butterfly B5", 
+ "Butterfly C1", "Butterfly C2"), class = "factor"), Range = c(130.5, 
+ 450.68, 1102.38, 893.34, 820.2, 872.2, 488.2, 620.11, 982.78, 
+ 720.32, 912.2), Latitude = c(9.45, 10.2, 9.3, 16.4, 10.54, 10.87, 
+ 16.79, 18.3, 12.98, 12.67, 18.07)), .Names = c("Species", "Range", 
+ "Latitude"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -11L))
> Bfly <- aggregate(Range~Species+floor(Latitude), dta, mean)
> colnames(Bfly) <- c("Species", "Latitude", "Mean")
> Bfly
        Species Latitude    Mean
1  Butterfly A1        9  130.50
2  Butterfly A3        9 1102.38
3  Butterfly A2       10  450.68
4  Butterfly B1       10  820.20
5  Butterfly B2       10  872.20
6  Butterfly B5       12  982.78
7  Butterfly C1       12  720.32
8  Butterfly A4       16  893.34
9  Butterfly B3       16  488.20
10 Butterfly B4       18  620.11
11 Butterfly C2       18  912.20

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David L Carlson
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4352

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Elaine Kuo
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 10:15 PM
> To: r-help at r-project.org; r-sig-geo
> Subject: [R] averaging X of specific Y (latitude)
> 
> Hello
> 
> 
> 
> I have a table describing butterfly range traits.
> 
> It is composed of three columns as below
> 
> 
> 
> Species name  range size (X)    latitude of range midpoint (Y)
> 
> 
> 
> There are 11 kinds of butterflies.
> 
> Each has its range size, and the latitude of each range midpoint ranges
> from 9 to 19.
> 
> I would like to have the average range size of every degree of
> latitude.
> 
> For example, the average range size of latitude degree 10 (10.0-10.99:
> Butterfly A2, B1, B2)
> 
> Please kindly help with R code to calculate the average values.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> Elaine
> 
> 
> The details are as followed.
> 
> 
> 
> Butterfly A1      130.5                 9.45
> 
> Butterfly A2      450.68                           10.2
> 
> Butterfly A3      1102.38                        9.3
> 
> Butterfly A4            893.34                             16.4
> 
> Butterfly B1           820.2                               10.54
> 
> Butterfly B2            872.2                               10.87
> 
> Butterfly B3            488.2                               16.79
> 
> Butterfly B4            620.11                             18.3
> 
> Butterfly B5            982.78                             12.98
> 
> Butterfly C1           720.32                             12.67
> 
> Butterfly C2            912.2                               18.07
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