quolls {Biostatistics}

Data on physical performance in Northern Quolls

Description

Data from a study of physical performance and morphology in Northern Quolls, Dasyurus hallucatus. These data were collected to test hypotheses about trade-offs between different types of physical activity. NB all physical measurements are standardised to a mean of 0 and an SD of 1.

Usage

data("quolls")

Format

A data frame with 63 observations on the following 23 variables.

name

Number of the individual

sex

Sex

mass

mass in g

bodylength

length in mm

taillength

tail length in mm

taildiameter

tail diamter in mm

headwidth

head width in mm

headlength

head length in mm

meanforearm

mean forearm length in mm

meanhindlimb

mean hind limb length in mm

meanfootlength

mean length of feet in mm

bodysize_PC1

PC1 of body size measurements

acceleration

Acceleration

sprint

sprint speed

jump

jump speed

grasp

grasping strength

bite

bite force

motorcontrol

A measure of motor control

maneuverability

manauverability

Max_O2_consump

Maximum oxygen consumption

Performance_PC1

Principal component 1 from a PCA of performance variables

Performance_PC2

Principal component 2 from a PCA of performance variables

Performance_PC3

Principal component 3 from a PCA of performance variables

Source

Charters, Jordan E. et al. (2019), Data from: Multidimensional analyses of physical performance reveal a size dependent trade-off between suites of traits, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k0v636g

References

Charters, J.E., Heiniger, J., Clemente, C.J., Cameron, S.F., Amir Abdul Nasir, A.F., Niehaus, A.C. & Wilson, R.S. (2018) Multidimensional analyses of physical performance reveal a size-dependent trade-off between suites of traits. Functional ecology, 32, 1541-1553.

Examples

data(quolls)
str(quolls)