Resources for Chapter 17:
Regression
Learn R by example
We used R to analyze all examples in chapter 17. We’ve put the code here so that you can too.
Data
Download a .zip file with all the data for chapter 17 in .csv format here.
Download a .zip file with all data sets in the book here.
All data sets and their sources are listed individually below.
Disclaimer: Most data sets used in the book are grabbed from graphs and tables in the original publications, and the values may not be exact. Contact the original authors for the raw data.
Data for examples
Whitman, K., A. M. Starfield, H. S. Quadling and C. Packer. 2004. Nature 428: 175-178.
Example 17.3. Plant species and biomass
Tilman, D., P. B. Reich, and J. M. H. Knops. 2006. Nature 441: 629-632.
Yeh, P. J. 2004. Evolution 58: 166–174.
Figure 17.5-3. Desert pool fish
Kodric-Brown, A., and J. H. Brown. 1993. Ecology 74: 1847–1855.
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.
Pauw, A., J. Stofberg, and R. J. Waterman. 2009. Evolution 63: 268-279.
Figure 17.8-1. Iron and plankton
Sunda, W. G., and Huntsman, S. A. 1997. Nature 390: 389–392.
Figure 17.8-2. Plants and productivity
Chase, J. M., and M. A. Leibold. 2002. Nature 416: 427-430.
Trites. A. W. 1996. Journal of Zoology, London 238: 459-482.
Figure 17.9-1. Guppy lethal temperature
Pitkow, R. B. 1060. Biological Bulletin 119: 231-245.
Data for problem sets
Carré, J. M., and C. M McCormick. 2008. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 275: 2651–2656.
Clubb, R. and G. Mason. 2003. Nature 425: 473-474.
17.07. Exercise and progesterone
Brutsaert, T. D., et al. 2002. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 233-239.
17.10. Hybrid pollen sterility
Moyle, L. C., M. S. Olson, and P. Tiffin. 2004. Evolution 58: 1195-1208.
Tattersall, G. J., et al. 2004. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 579-585.
Lappin, A. K., and J. F. Husak. 2005. American Naturalist 166: 426-436.
17.14. Hypoxanthine and time of death
James, R. A., P. A. Hoadley, and B. G. Sampson. 1997. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 18: 158-162.
Rypstra, A. L. 1979. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 5: 291-300.
17.17. Earthworms and nitrogen
Gundale, M. J., W. M. Jolly, and T. H. Deluca. 2005. Conservation Biology 19: 1075-1083.
Reich, P. B., M. G. Tjoelker, J.-L. Machado, and J. Oleksyn. 2006. Nature 439: 457-461.
Fisher, H. S., K. A. Hook, W. D. Weber, and H. E. Hoekstra. 2018. Ecology and Evolution 8: 8197-8203.
Harpole, W. S. and D. Tilman. 2007. Nature 446: 791-793.
17.21. Primate metabolic rates
Heusner, A. A. 1991. Size and power in mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology 160: 25-54.
Griffith, S. C. and B. C. Sheldon. 2001. Animal Behaviour 61: 987-993.
17.24. Connectivity and extinction
Jousimo, J., et al. 2014. Science 344:1289-1293.
Green, J. A., et al. 2001. The Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 673-684.
Emlen, D. J. 2001. Science 291: 1534-1536.
17.27. Song of extinct katydid
Gua, J.-J., et al. 2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 109: 3868-3873.
Jensen, K. H., T. Little, A. Skorping, and D. Ebert. 2006. PLoS Biology 4: 1265-1269.
Parker, I. M., et al. 2015. Nature 520: 542-544.
Golenda, C. F., et al. 1999. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 60: 654-657.
Spalding, K. L.. et al. 2005. Nature 437: 333-334.
17.32. Last supper portion sizes
Wansink, B., and C. S. Wansink. 2010. International Journal of Obesity 34: 943–944.
Harper, G. R., Jr. and D. W. Pfennig. 2008. Nature 451: 1103-1106.
17.34. Laying date and climate change
Reed T. E., et al. 2013. Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/dryad.8fc60
17.35. Fathers age and mutations
Kong, A., et al. 2012. Nature 488: 471-475.
17.36. Bees and climate change
Kerr, J. T. et al. 2015. Science 349:177-180.