tusksize: Tusk length and circumference of African elephants

Description Usage Format Source

Description

These data are from a study evaluating tusk length and circumference in African elephants before widespread poaching (1966-68) and after (2005-13).

Usage

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Format

A data frame (tibble) with 593 rows and 7 variables:

time

factor: time period, 1966-68 or 2005-13

id

string: elephant identifier

sex

factor: f or m

age

number: age in years

height

number: height at shoulder in cm

length

number: exposed tusk length in cm

circumference

number: tusk circumferance at lip line in cm

Source

Chiyo, P.I., Obanda, V. and Korir, D.K. (2015), Illegal tusk harvest and the decline of tusk size in the African elephant. Ecol Evol, 5: 5216-5229. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1769 Raw data deposited in Dryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h6t7j


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