Size Measurements for Adult Foraging Penguins near Palmer Station, Antarctica

This dataset, penguins_df, is a data frame with measurements on adult penguins from three species and three islands in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Variables include flipper length, body mass, bill length and depth, sex, and year of observation. Some observations may contain missing values.

Usage

data(penguins_df)

Format

A data frame with 344 observations and 8 variables:

species

Penguin species (factor with 3 levels).

island

Island of observation (factor with 3 levels).

bill_length_mm

Bill length in millimeters (numeric).

bill_depth_mm

Bill depth in millimeters (numeric).

flipper_length_mm

Flipper length in millimeters (integer).

body_mass_g

Body mass in grams (integer).

sex

Sex of the penguin (factor with 2 levels).

year

Year of observation (integer).

Source

Data taken from the palmerpenguins package version 0.1.1

Details

The columns in penguins_df are a subset of those in the more extensive penguins_raw data frame, which also includes nesting observations and blood isotope data. There are differences in column names and data types between the two datasets. See the Format section for details.

The dataset name has been kept as 'penguins_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the PenguinR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.