fossum                 package:DAAG                 R Documentation

_F_e_m_a_l_e _P_o_s_s_u_m _M_e_a_s_u_r_e_m_e_n_t_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The 'fossum' data frame consists of nine morphometric measurements
     on each of 43 female mountain brushtail possums, trapped at seven
     sites from Southern Victoria to central Queensland. This is a
     subset of the 'possum' data frame.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     fossum

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _c_a_s_e observation number

     _s_i_t_e one of seven locations where possums were trapped

     _P_o_p a factor which classifies the sites as 'Vic' Victoria, 'other'
          New South Wales or Queensland

     _s_e_x a factor with levels 'f' female, 'm' male 

     _a_g_e age

     _h_d_l_n_g_t_h head length

     _s_k_u_l_l_w skull width

     _t_o_t_l_n_g_t_h total length

     _t_a_i_l_l tail length

     _f_o_o_t_l_g_t_h foot length

     _e_a_r_c_o_n_c_h ear conch length

     _e_y_e distance from medial canthus to lateral canthus of right eye

     _c_h_e_s_t chest girth (in cm)

     _b_e_l_l_y belly girth (in cm)

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Lindenmayer, D. B., Viggers, K. L., Cunningham, R. B., and
     Donnelly, C. F. 1995. Morphological variation among columns of the
     mountain brushtail possum, Trichosurus caninus Ogilby
     (Phalangeridae: Marsupiala). Australian Journal of Zoology 43:
     449-458.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     boxplot(fossum$totlngth)

