climbing_birds {afpt}

Climbing birds

Description

Data extracted from Hedenström & Alerstam 1992.

Usage

data("climbing_birds")

Format

A data frame with 15 observations on the following 11 variables.

number

a numeric vector

name

a character vector

name.scientific

a character vector

massEmpty

a numeric vector

massFat

a numeric vector

wingSpan

a numeric vector

wingAspect

a numeric vector

wingbeatFrequency

a numeric vector

climbRate

a numeric vector

climbSpeed

a numeric vector

climbAlitude

a numeric vector

Source

Hedenström A., Alerstam, T. (1992) Climbing performance of migrating birds as a basis for estimating limits for fuel-carrying capacity and muscle work. J. Exp. Biol 164 19-38 doi:10.1242/jeb.164.1.19

Examples

data(climbing_birds)
climbingBirds <- Bird(climbing_birds)