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Data for Chapter 17 — Regression

Here are the data sets used in Chapter 17 of the 2nd edition of The Analysis of Biological Data in .csv (comma-separated) format. Most data sets used in the book are grabbed from graphs and tables in papers, and the values may not be exact.

Examples:

Example 17.01. Lion ages
Whitman, K., A. M. Starfield, H. S. Quadling and C. Packer. 2004. Nature 428: 175-178.

Example 17.03. Plant species and biomass
Tilman, D., P. B. Reich, and J. M. H. Knops. 2006. Nature>441: 629-632.

Example 17.08. Shrinking seals
Trites. A. W. 1996. Journal of Zoology, London 238: 459-482.

Figure 17.5-2 Junco outlier
Yeh, P. J. 2004. Evolution 58: 166–174.

Figure 17.5-3 Desert pool fish species
Kodric-Brown, A., and J. H. Brown. 1993. Ecology 74: 1847–1855.

Figure 17.5-4 left Cap color
Hadfield, J. D., et al. 2006. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 273: 1347–1353.

Figure 17.5-4 right Cockroach neurons
Murphy, B. F., Jr., and J. E. Heath. 1983. Journal of Experimental Biology 105: 305–315.

Figure 17.6-3 Iris pollen
Pauw, A., J. Stofberg, and R. J. Waterman. 2009. Evolution 63: 268-279.

Figure 17.8-1 Iron and plankton growth
Sunda, W. G., and Huntsman, S. A. 1997. Nature 390: 389–392.

Figure 17.8-2 Plant species and productivity
Chase, J. M., and M. A. Leibold. 2002. Nature 416: 427-430.

Figure 17.9-1 Guppy temperature mortality
Pitkow, R. B. 1060. Biological Bulletin 119: 231-245.

Problems:

Problem 17.01. Faces and aggression
Carré, J. M., and C. M McCormick. 2008. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 275:2651–2656.)

Problem 17.06. Zoo mortality
Clubb, R. and G. Mason. 2003. Nature 425: 473-474.

Problem 17.07. Progesterone
Brutsaert, T. D., et al. 2002. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 233-239.

Problem 17.10. Hybrid pollen sterility
Moyle, L. C., M. S. Olson, and P. Tiffin. 2004. Evolution 58: 1195-1208.

Problem 17.11. Rattlensake digestion
Tattersall, G. J., W. K. Milsom, A. S. Abe, S. P. Brito and D. V. Andrade. 2004. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 579-585.

Problem 17.12. Lizard bites
Lappin, A. K., and J. F. Husak. 2005. American Naturalist 166: 426-436.

Problem 17.14. Hypoxanthine
James, R. A., P. A. Hoadley, and B. G. Sampson. 1997. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 18: 158-162.

Problem 17.15. Social spiders
Rypstra, A. L. 1979. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 5: 291-300.

Problem 17.17. Earthworms and nitrogen
Gundale, M. J., W. M. Jolly, and T. H. Deluca. 2005. Conservation Biology 19:1075-1083.

Problem 17.18. Cypress respiration
Reich, P. B., M. G. Tjoelker, J.-L. Machado, and J. Oleksyn. 2006. Nature 439: 457-461.

Problem 17.19. Grassland nutrients
Harpole, W. S. and D. Tilman. 2007. Nature 446: 791-793.

Problem 17.20. Primate mass and metabolic rate
Heusner, A. A. 1991. Size and power in mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology 160: 25-54.

Problem 17.22. Flycatcher patch
Griffith, S. C. and B. C. Sheldon. 2001. Animal Behaviour 61: 987-993.

Problem 17.23. Tree seedlings and sunflecks
Leakey, A. D. B., J. D. Scholes and M. C. Press. 2005. Journal of Experimental Botany, 56: 469-482.

Problem 17.24. Penguin treadmill
Green, J. A., P. J. Butler, A. J. Woakes, I. L. Boyd and R. L. Holder. 2001. The Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 673-684.

Problem 17.25. Beetle wings and horns
Emlen, D. J. 2001. Science 291: 1534-1536.

Problem 17.26. Song of extinct katydid
Gua, J.-J., et al. 2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 109: 3868-3873.

Problem 17.27. Daphnia parasites
Jensen, K. H., T. Little, A. Skorping, and D. Ebert. 2006. PLoS Biology 4: 1265-1269.

Problem 17.28. Brain metabolism
Sherwood, C. C., et al. 2006. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)103: 13606–13611.

Problem 17.29. Mosquito bites
Golenda, C. F., et al. 1999. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 60: 654-657.

Problem 17.30. Nuclear teeth
Spalding, K. L.. et al. 2005. Nature 437: 333-334.

Problem 17.31. Last supper portion sizes
Wansink, B., and C. S. Wansink. 2010. International Journal of Obesity 34:943–944.

Problem 17.32. Coral snake mimics
Harper, G. R., Jr. and D. W. Pfennig. 2008. Nature 451:1103-1106.

Problem 17.33. Egg laying date and climate change
Reed T. E., V. Grotan, S. Jenouvrier, B. Saether, and M. E. Visser. 2013. Data from: Population growth in a wild bird is buffered against phenological mismatch. Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/dryad.8fc60

Problem 17.34. Fathers’ age and mutations
Kong, A., et al. 2012. Nature 488: 471-475.

Problem 17.35. Anthrax mortality
Hans, C. N. 2002. Risk Analysis 22: 189–193.

Problem 17.36. Stork stress
Blas, J., G. R. Bortolotti, J. L. Tella, R. Baos, and T. A. Marchant. 2007. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 8880-8884.