MoleRats

Energy expenditure (<code>ln.energy</code>) in two castes (<code>caste</code>) of
Damaraland mole rats (Cryptomys damarensis) with body mass
(<code>ln.mass</code>) as a covariate.

datasets

The abd package contains data sets and sample code for The
Analysis of Biological Data by Michael Whitlock and Dolph Schluter (2009;
Roberts & Company Publishers).

Kevin M Middleton

The Analysis of Biological Data

MoleRats function

A data frame with 35 observations on the following 3 variables.
<dl>
<dt>caste</dt><dd>a factor with levels <code>lazy</code> and
<code>worker</code></dd>
 <dt>ln.mass</dt><dd>a numeric vector</dd> <dt>ln.energy</dt><dd>a numeric vector</dd>
 </dl>

Format

inferred from Scantlebury, M., J.R. Speakman, M.K.
Oosthuizen, T.J. Roper and N.C. Bennett. 2006. Energetics reveals
physiologically distinct castes in a eusocial mammal. Nature 440:
795-797.

MoleRats: Energy Expenditure in Mole Rats

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