headbobLizards: Headbob displays of _Anolis_ lizards

In ecostats: Code and Data Accompanying the Eco-Stats Text (Warton 2022)

Headbob displays of Anolis lizards

Description

Displays of 14 male Anolis lizards were recorded in Puerto Rican forest (Ord et al. 2016), along with key environmental characteristics. These lizards bob their head up and down (and do push-ups) in attempts to attract the attention of females, and advertise territory ownership to other males. How fast a lizard bobs its head was recorded, and it was of interest to understand which environmental features (out of temperature, light and noisiness) were related to head bobbing speed.

Usage

data(headbobLizards)

Format

A dataframe containing:

LizardID

A factor indicating Which lizard we are talking about. There is one observation per lizard (but more were originally collected).

TemperatureC

Temperature, in degrees Celsius, at the location where lizard was first observed.

AmbientLight

Ambient light recorded using a handheld sensor pointed towards the bobbing is happening.

Bg_noise_max

Visual background noise measured using video analysis.

Hbspd_max

Maximum head-bobbing speed.

time

Date and time of observation.

References

Ord, T. J., Charles, G. K., Palmer, M. & Stamps, J. A. (2016). Plasticity in social communication and its implications for the colonization of novel habitats. Behavioral Ecology 27, 341-351

Examples

data(headbobLizards)
plot(Hbspd_max~Bg_noise_max, data=headbobLizards)

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