MoleRats: Energy Expenditure in Mole Rats

MoleRatsR Documentation

Energy Expenditure in Mole Rats

Description

Energy expenditure (ln.energy) in two castes (caste) of Damaraland mole rats (Cryptomys damarensis) with body mass (ln.mass) as a covariate.

Usage

MoleRats

Format

A data frame with 35 observations on the following 3 variables.

caste

a factor with levels lazy and worker

ln.mass

a numeric vector

ln.energy

a numeric vector

Source

inferred from Scantlebury, M., J.R. Speakman, M.K. Oosthuizen, T.J. Roper and N.C. Bennett. 2006. Energetics reveals physiologically distinct castes in a eusocial mammal. Nature 440: 795-797.

References

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7085/abs/nature04578.html

Examples


MoleRats


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