carnivora_info: Body mass and life history trait infomation for carnivore...

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A set of body mass and life history trait information for carnivores from a study examining sexual selection in carnivores. See also carnivora_indices.

Usage

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Format

A data frame (tibble) with 26 rows and 11 variables:

family

character, taxonomic family

species

character, binomial species name

mass_male

numeric, mass in kg

mass_female

numeric, mass in kg

mass_mean

numeric, mass in kg

polygyny

factor, polygynous or non_polygynous

parental_care

factor, female_only or female_with_helpers

diet

factor, carnivorous or non_carnivorous

locomotor_zone

factor, terrestrial or terrestrial_arboreal

social_group_size

factor, solitary or social

foraging_group_size

factor, forage_along or forage_in_groups

Source

Morris, J.S. and Carrier, D.R. (2016), Sexual selection on skeletal shape in Carnivora. Evolution, 70: 767-780. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12904 Raw data deposited in Dryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.86523


ryanraaum/qmdata documentation built on Dec. 22, 2021, 8:18 p.m.