photinus {asuR}R Documentation

Spermatophore number and its influence on fitness in Photinus ignitus

Description

How does the nuptial gifts that males provide to females in the form of spermatophores, sperm-containing structurs, influence the numer of eggs.

Usage

data(photinus)

Format

A data frame with 42 observations on the following 3 variables.

eggs

a numeric vector, number of eggs a female laid

weight

a numeric vector, wet weight of females

number

number of spermatophores a female received, a factor with levels single tripple

Source

From a picture in Ecol. Ento. 27, 373-377. The data given here was just read by eyes and probably some points are missing.

Examples

data(photinus)
str(photinus)

[Package asuR version 0.17 Index]