eggs: Bird eggs datatset.

In brouwern/wildlifeR: Wildlife biology and animal ecology datasets with example analyses.

Description

A dataset on the shape of eggs. Original data extract from photographs of multiple eggs. Values in this dataset are averages.

Usage

eggs

Format

A data frame with 23 columns, including:

order

Taxonomic order

family

Taxonomic family

spp

Species

asymmetry

Index of how asymmetric the egg is

ellipticity

Index of how elliptical egg is

avgLength.cm

Average length of egg in cm

Source

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6344/1249

References

Stoddard et al. 2017. Avian egg shape: Form, function, and evolution. Science. xxxx:xxx-xxx.

Examples

## Load packages

library(ggpubr)

ggscatter(data = eggs,
          y = "asymmetry",
          x = "ellipticity")

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