abd (version 0.2-8)

Selection: Data for Meta-analysis

Description

Data for meta-analysis on the relationship between testosterone and aggression.

Format

A data frame with 814 observations on the following 8 variables.

species

species investigated

traitname

trait investigated

strength.of.selection

strength of selection

sample.size

size of sample

authors

authors of publication

year

year of publication

journal

journal of publication

volume.pages

volume and pages

Source

Kingsolver, J.G., H.E. Hoekstra, J.M. Hoekstra, D. Berrigan, S.N. Vignieri, C.E. Hill, A. Hoang, P. Gibert, and P. Beerli. 2001. The strength of phenotypic selection in natural populations. The American Naturalist 157: 245-261.

Examples

histogram(~ strength.of.selection, Selection,n=40)
table(Selection$species) -> s
table(s)
s[s>10] # most common species
table(Selection$traitname) -> t
table(t)
t[t>10] # most common traits