murmels: Marmot Data

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Marmot Data

Description

Effects of location and group size on body mass in alpine marmots, Marmota marmota.

Usage

data("murmels")

Format

A data frame with 40 observations on the following 4 variables.

gewicht

Spring body mass in kg.

hoehe

Altitude of burrow.

btemp

Mean burrow temperature in winter.

gruppe

Group size, i.e. number of indivdiuals, in hibernacula.

Source

T. Ruf simulated, modeled upon Arnold, W., Heldmaier, G., Ortmann, S., Pohl, H., Ruf, T. and Steinlechner, S., 1991. Ambient temperatures in hibernacula and their energetic consequences for alpine marmots Marmota marmota. Journal of Thermal Biology, 16(4), pp.223-226.

Examples

data(murmels)

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