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Biostatistics (version 1.0.4)

pinniped: Pinniped brain sizes and mating system

Description

A data set of body and brain mass for 33 species of pinniped (seals, sea lions and walruses) along with the type of mating system for that species.

Usage

data("pinniped")

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 33 observations on the following 6 variables.

Species

Binomial species name

Male_brain_g

Brain mass for males in g

Female_brain_g

Brain mass for females in g

Male_mass_Kg

Body mass for males in Kg

Female_mass_Kg

Body mass for females in Kg

Mate_type

Mating system: mono = monogynous, poly = polygynous

References

Fitzpatrick, J.L., Almbro, M., Gonzalez-Voyer, A., Hamada, S., Pennington, C., Scanlan, J. & Kolm, N. (2012) Sexual selection uncouples the evolution of brain and body size in pinnipeds. Journal of evolutionary biology, 25, 1321-1330.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
data(pinniped)
str(pinniped)
# }

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