Kleiber's Law

Description

The data are the average mass, metabolic rate, and lifespan for 95 species of mammals. Kleiber's law states that the metabolic rate of an animal species, on average, is proportional to its mass raised to the power of 3/4.

Usage

ex0826

Format

A data frame with 95 observations on the following 5 variables.

CommonName

the common name of the mammal species

Species

the scientific name of the mammal species

Mass

the average body mass in kg

Metab

the average metabolic rate in kJ per day

Life

the average lifespan in years

Source

Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.

Examples

str(ex0826)

Results