shorebird: Example dataset for the caper package

In caper: Comparative Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution in R

Example dataset for the caper package

Description

This is a comparative dataset on the evolution of shorebird egg size taken from Lislevand and Thomas (2006).

Usage

data(shorebird)

Format

The datafile contains a phylogeny (shorebird.tree) of 71 shorebird species as a 'phylo' object from the ape library. The tip names are the binomial names of the species. The file also contains a data frame (shorebird.data) of 71 complete cases for those species. The data frame contains six variables:

Species

The species binomial name.

M.Mass

The adult male mass body mass in grams.

F.Mass

The adult female mass body mass in grams.

Egg.Mass

The fresh egg mass in grams.

Cl.size

The mean clutch size

Mat.syst

The mating system, as a three level factor: monogamous (MO), polygynous (PO) or polyandrous (PA).

References

Lislevand, T and Thomas, G. H. (2006) Limited male incubation ability and the evolution of egg size in shorebirds. Biology Letters 2, 206 - 208

See Also

crunch, pgls

caper documentation built on Sept. 26, 2023, 5:10 p.m.