quolls: Data on physical performance in Northern Quolls
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Data from a study of physical performance and morphology in Northern Quolls, Dasyurus hallucatus. These data were collected to test hypotheses about trade-offs between different types of physical activity. NB all physical measurements are standardised to a mean of 0 and an SD of 1.

1	data("quolls")

A data frame with 63 observations on the following 23 variables.

name: Number of the individual
sex: Sex
mass: mass in g
bodylength: length in mm
taillength: tail length in mm
taildiameter: tail diamter in mm
headwidth: head width in mm
headlength: head length in mm
meanforearm: mean forearm length in mm
meanhindlimb: mean hind limb length in mm
meanfootlength: mean length of feet in mm
bodysize_PC1: PC1 of body size measurements
acceleration: Acceleration
sprint: sprint speed
jump: jump speed
grasp: grasping strength
bite: bite force
motorcontrol: A measure of motor control
maneuverability: manauverability
Max_O2_consump: Maximum oxygen consumption
Performance_PC1: Principal component 1 from a PCA of performance variables
Performance_PC2: Principal component 2 from a PCA of performance variables
Performance_PC3: Principal component 3 from a PCA of performance variables

Charters, Jordan E. et al. (2019), Data from: Multidimensional analyses of physical performance reveal a size dependent trade-off between suites of traits, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k0v636g

Charters, J.E., Heiniger, J., Clemente, C.J., Cameron, S.F., Amir Abdul Nasir, A.F., Niehaus, A.C. & Wilson, R.S. (2018) Multidimensional analyses of physical performance reveal a size-dependent trade-off between suites of traits. Functional ecology, 32, 1541-1553.