primatedata: This is a subset of the PanTHERIA dataset

In ryanraaum/qmdata: Datasets for Quantitative Methods for Biological Anthropology Course

Description

All primates from PanTHERIA along with a few variables. I selected this subset for a phylogenetic regression example along with primatetree.

Usage

primatedata

Format

A data frame with 233 rows and 7 variables:

family

string: taxonomic family

binomial

string: taxonomic genus and species names

adultbodymass

number: mass in g

gestationlen

number: length of gestation in days

homerange

number: home range size in square km

maxlongevity

number: max lifespan in months

socialgrpsize

number: social group size in number of individuals

Source

Jones, K.E., Bielby, J., Cardillo, M., Fritz, S.A., O'Dell, J., Orme, C.D.L., Safi, K., Sechrest, W., Boakes, E.H., Carbone, C., Connolly, C., Cutts, M.J., Foster, J.K., Grenyer, R., Habib, M., Plaster, C.A., Price, S.A., Rigby, E.A., Rist, J., Teacher, A., Bininda-Emonds, O.R.P., Gittleman, J.L., Mace, G.M. and Purvis, A. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology, 90: 2648-2648. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-1494.1 Raw data deposited in figshare https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3301274.v1

See Also

primatetree

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