waterstrider {Renvlp}

Water strider data

Description

Measures of characteristics of the water striders

Usage

data("waterstrider")

Format

A data frame with 90 observations on the following 9 variables.

V1

Index of water strider species.

V2

Logarithm of length of the first antennal segment.

V3

Logarithm of length of the second antennal segment.

V4

Logarithm of length of the third antennal segment.

V5

Logarithm of length of the fourth antennal segment.

V6

Logarithm of length of fomora of middle leg.

V7

Logarithm of length of tibiae of middle leg.

V8

Logarithm of length of fomora of hind leg.

V9

Logarithm of length of tibiae of hind leg.

Details

This data set contains 8 measures of water striders and an indicator of the species of water striders.

References

Klingenberg, C. R. and Spence, J. R. (1993). Heterochrony and Allometry Lessons from the Water Strider Genus Limnoporus. Evolution 47, 1834-1853