DaphniaLongevity {abd}

Daphnia Longevity

Description

Number of spores and host longevity in the crustacean Daphnia magna.

Format

A data frame with 32 observations on the following 2 variables.

longevity

a numeric vector

sqrt.spores

a numeric vector

Source

Jensen, K.H., T.J. Little, A. Skorping, and D. Ebert. 2006. Empirical support for optimal virulence in a castrating parasite. PLoS Biology 4(7): e197

References

http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040197

Examples

str(DaphniaLongevity)
xyplot(sqrt.spores ~ longevity, DaphniaLongevity)