Body and Brasin Temperatures of Ostriches

Description

Body and brain temperatures of six free-ranging ostriches.

Format

A data frame with 6 observations on the following 2 variables.

body.temp

carotid arterial blood temperature of the ostrich (degrees Centigrade).

brain.temp

brain temperature (near hypothalumus) of the ostrich (degrees Centigrade).

Source

Fuller et. al., "Variability in brain and arterial blood temperatures in free-ranging ostriches in their natural habitat", The Journal of Experimental Biology 206: pp. 1171 to 1181. April 2003. http://jeb.biologists.org/content/206/7/1171.long. Found in Whitlock and Schluter, The Analysis of Biological Data.

Results