Measurements of Male African Elephants

Description

Age and height of male African elephants

Format

A data frame with 138 observations on the following 3 variables.

Age

Age (in years)

Height

Shoulder height (in cm)

Firstborn

Firstborn? (1=yes, 0=no)

Details

Data on 138 male African elephants that lived through droughts in the first two years of life.

Source

Data are from Phyllis Lee, Stirling University, and are related to Lee, P., et al. (2013), "Enduring consequences of early experiences: 40-year effects on survival and success among African elephants (Loxodonta Africana)," Biology Letters, 9: 20130011.