abd (version 0.2-8)

Pufferfish: Pufferfish Mimicry

Description

Number of predators approaching models painted to resemble pufferfish (Canthigaster valentini) across a range of similarities (resemblance)

Format

A data frame with 20 observations on the following 2 variables.

resemblance

a numeric vector

predators

a numeric vector

Source

Caley, M.J. and D. Schluter. 2003. Predators favour mimicry in a tropical reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 270: 667-672.

References

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/270/1516/667.full.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canthigaster_valentini

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6544

Examples

str(Pufferfish)
xyplot(predators ~ jitter(resemblance, amount = 0.1), Pufferfish)
Pufferfish