BodySize: House Sparrow Body Size Dataset

Description Usage Format Details References

Description

Dataset containing morphological measurements of male and female house sparrows from Lundy Island, UK.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 460 observations on the following 8 variables:

BirdID

Bird identities (171 birds in total).

Sex

Sex of the birds: F for females and M for males.

Tarsus

Tarsus length in cm.

BillL

Bill length in cm.

BillW

Bill width in cm.

Tail

Tail length in cm.

Wing

Wing length in cm.

Weight

Body mass in gram.

Details

Morphological data from male and female house sparrows on Lundy Island, UK, collected over 2003-2006 (one data point per year).

References

Nakagawa, S., Ockendon, N., et al. (2007) Does the badge of status influence parental care and investment in house sparrows? An experimental test. Oecologia 153: 749-760.


rptR documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:01 p.m.

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