abd (version 0.2-8)

PrimateMetabolism: Primate Metabolic Rates

Description

Body mass (g) and metabolic rate (watts) for 17 species of primates.

Format

A data frame with 17 observations on the following 2 variables.

mass

mass (g)

bmr

metabolic rate (watts)

Source

Heusner, A.A. 1991. Size and power in mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology 160: 25-54.

References

http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/160/1/25

Examples

str(PrimateMetabolism)
xyplot(bmr ~ mass, PrimateMetabolism)
xyplot(bmr ~ mass, PrimateMetabolism, scales=list(log=TRUE))