Bird eggs datatset. — eggs • wildlifeR

A dataset on the shape of eggs. Original data extract from photographs of multiple eggs. Values in this dataset are averages.

eggs

Format

A data frame with 23 columns, including:

order: Taxonomic order
family: Taxonomic family
spp: Species
asymmetry: Index of how asymmetric the egg is
ellipticity: Index of how elliptical egg is
avgLength.cm: Average length of egg in cm

Source

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6344/1249

References

Stoddard et al. 2017. Avian egg shape: Form, function, and evolution. Science. xxxx:xxx-xxx.

Examples


## Load packages

library(ggpubr)

ggscatter(data = eggs,
          y = "asymmetry",
          x = "ellipticity")