Amniote-style mammal life-history sample

A ~5,000-species sample of mammal life-history records, prepared to mirror the structure of the Amniote Life-History Database. Used by the db-assembly-workflow_mammals vignette to demonstrate assembling trait data from multiple sources before reconciling against a phylogenetic tree.

Usage

mammal_amniote_example

Format

A tibble with ~4,953 rows and 5 columns:

name

Length-1 character vector. Scientific name (genus species), space-separated. Some rows carry trinomials.

female_body_mass_g

Numeric. Female adult body mass (g); NA when unknown.

adult_body_mass_g

Numeric. Sex-pooled adult body mass (g); NA when unknown.

litter_or_clutch_size_n

Numeric. Mean offspring per reproductive event; NA when unknown.

litters_or_clutches_per_y

Numeric. Number of reproductive events per year; NA when unknown.

Source

Myhrvold et al. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109. doi:10.1890/15-0846R.1