ElephantsMF: Measurements of African Elephants

Description Format Details Source

Description

Age and height of African elephants

Format

A data frame with 288 observations on the following 3 variables.

Age

Age (in years)

Height

Shoulder height (in cm)

Sex

F=female or M=male

Details

Data on 288 African elephants that lived through droughts in the first two years of life.

Source

Data are from Phyllis Lee, Stirling University, and are related to Lee, P., et al. (2013), "Enduring consequences of early experiences: 40-year effects on survival and success among African elephants (Loxodonta Africana)," Biology Letters, 9: 20130011.


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