abd (version 0.1-22)

DungBeetles: Heritability of Body Condition in Dung Beetles

Description

Body condition (offspring.condition) in 36 dung beetles (Onthophagus taurus) from 12 males each mated to 3 different virgin females.

Usage

data(DungBeetles)

source

inferred from Kotiaho, J.S., L.W. Simmons, and J.L. Tomkins. 2001. Towards a resolution of the lek paradox. Nature 410: 684-686.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_beetle

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v410/n6829/abs/410684a0.html

Examples

data(DungBeetles)
str(DungBeetles)
xyplot(offspring.condition ~ factor(id), DungBeetles, 
  xlab='Dung Beetle', 
  ylab='offspring condition')