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\name{carnivora}
\docType{data}
\alias{carnivora}
\title{Carnivora body sizes and life history traits}
\description{
Dataset adapted from Gittleman (1986), including 2 morphological variables (body and brain sizes), 8 life history traits variables and 4 taxonomic variables.
}
\usage{data(carnivora)}
\format{
A data frame with 112 observations on 17 variables.
\tabular{rlll}{
[,1] \tab Order \tab factor \tab Carnivora order \cr
[,2] \tab SuperFamily \tab factor \tab Super family (Caniformia or Feliformia) \cr
[,3] \tab Family \tab factor \tab Carnivora family \cr
[,4] \tab Genus \tab factor \tab Carnivora genus \cr
[,5] \tab Species \tab factor \tab Carnivora species \cr
[,6] \tab FW \tab numeric \tab Female body weight (kg) \cr
[,7] \tab SW \tab numeric \tab Average body weight of adult male and adult female (kg) \cr
[,8] \tab FB \tab numeric \tab Female brain weight (g) \cr
[,9] \tab SB \tab numeric \tab Average brain weight of adult male and adult female (g) \cr
[,10] \tab LS \tab numeric \tab Litter size \cr
[,11] \tab GL \tab numeric \tab Gestation length (days) \cr
[,12] \tab BW \tab numeric \tab Birth weigth (g) \cr
[,13] \tab WA \tab numeric \tab Weaning age (days) \cr
[,14] \tab AI \tab numeric \tab Age of independance (days) \cr
[,15] \tab LY \tab numeric \tab Longevity (months) \cr
[,16] \tab AM \tab numeric \tab Age of sexual maturity (days) \cr
[,17] \tab IB \tab numeric \tab Inter-birth interval (months) \cr
}
}
\source{
Gittleman, J. L. (1986) Carnivore life history patterns: allometric,
phylogenetic and ecological associations. \emph{American Naturalist},
\bold{127}: 744--771.
}
\examples{
data(carnivora)
## Fig. 1 in Gittleman (1986):
plot(carnivora$BW ~ carnivora$FW, pch = (1:8)[carnivora$Family], log = "xy",
xlab = "Female body weight (kg)", ylab = "Birth weigth (g)",
ylim = c(1, 2000))
legend("bottomright", legend = levels(carnivora$Family), pch = 1:8)
plot(carnivora$BW ~ carnivora$FB, pch = (1:8)[carnivora$Family], log = "xy",
xlab = "Female brain weight (g)", ylab = "Birth weigth (g)",
ylim = c(1, 2000))
legend("bottomright", legend = levels(carnivora$Family), pch = 1:8)
}
\keyword{datasets}
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