AvianFemur: Length of Avian Femurs

AvianFemurR Documentation

Length of Avian Femurs

Description

A data set containing the length of avian femurs in millimeters as a function of the body mass of the avian species in kilograms.

Usage

data(AvianFemur)

Details

A data frame with 22 observations on the following variables.

  • Mass (in kilograms)

  • Length (in millimeters)

Source

Prange, H.D., Anderson, J.F., and Rahn, H. Scaling of Skeletal Mass to Body Mass in Birds and Mammals. The American Naturalist, Vol. 113, No. 1 (Jan. 1979), pp. 103-122. Accessed on Augut 1, 2025.

References

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2459945

Examples

data(AvianFemur)


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