birds {flying}R Documentation

Sample 28 birds

Description

Preset birds data, extracted from Flight program. Fat mass percentage generated randomly where zero.

Usage

birds

Format

A data frame with 28 observations and 5 variables not counting the name.

Scientific.name

Name of bird species

Empty.mass

Body mass in Kg. Includes fuel. All-up mass with crop empty. Not to be confused with lean mass.

Wing.span

Length of wings spread out in metres

Fat.mass

Mass of fat that is consumable as fuel in Kg

Order

Order of the spicies (passerine vs non-passerine)

Wing.area

Area of both wing projected on a flat surface in metres squared

Muscle.mass

Mass in Kg. of flight muscles


[Package flying version 0.1.3 Index]