This data set describes the phylogeny of 19 birds as reported by Bried et al. (2002). It also gives 6 traits corresponding to these 19 species.
Usage
data(procella)
Format
procella is a list containing the 2 following objects:
tre
is a character string giving the phylogenetic tree in Newick format.
traits
is a data frame with 19 species and 6 traits
Details
Variables of procella$traits are the following ones:
site.fid: a numeric vector that describes the percentage of site fidelity
mate.fid: a numeric vector that describes the percentage of mate fidelity
mass: an integer vector that describes the adult body weight (g)
ALE: a numeric vector that describes the adult life expectancy (years)
BF: a numeric vector that describes the breeding frequencies
col.size: an integer vector that describes the colony size (no nests monitored)
References
Bried, J., Pontier, D. and Jouventin, P. (2002) Mate fidelity in monogamus birds: a re-examination of the Procellariiformes.
Animal Behaviour, 65, 235–246.