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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]