lifespan_volant_192taxa: Example Aves and Mammalia lifespan for the mulTree package

lifespan_volant_192taxaR Documentation

Example Aves and Mammalia lifespan for the mulTree package

Description

This is a dataset containing lifespan data from 192 species of birds and mammals.

Format

The datafile contains a data frame (lifespan_volant_192taxa) of 192 complete cases for those species. The data frame contains five variables:

species

The species binomial name.

class

The species phylogenetic class.

longevity

The mean centred logged maximum lifespan in years.

mass

The mean centred logged body mass in grams.

volant

Flying ability, as a two level factor: volant and nonvolant.

References

Healy, K., Guillerme, T., Finlay, S., Kane, A., Kelly, S, B, A., McClean, D., Kelly, D, J., Donohue, I., Jackson, A, L., Cooper, N. (2014) Ecology and mode-of-life explain lifespan variation in birds and mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281, 20140298c


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