Body Mass Estimates Using Anderson et al. (1985)

Description

This function estimates body mass based on humeral and/or femoral circumferences using the quadrupedal and bipedal equations of Anderson et al. (1985)

Usage

AHR1985(HC = NULL, FC, equation = c("bip", "quad"), data=NULL)

Arguments

Details

If equation = "bip" then only femoral circumference is needed. Both humeral and femoral circumference are needed to estimate body mass of a quadruped (equation = "quad"). If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes will be added as a column to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Anderson, J. F., Hall-Martin, A. and Russell, D.A. (1985) Long-bone circumference and weight in mammals, birds and dinosaurs. Journal of the Zoological Society of London A, 207, 53-61.

See Also

QE cQE quadrupeds bipeds CM1992 CF2004 MCF2004

Examples

##Quadrupedal dinosaurs
data(dinos)
AHR1985(dinos$HC, dinos$FC, equation = "quad", data = dinos)

##Bipedal dinosaurs
data(dinosbip)
AHR1985(HC=NULL, dinosbip$FC, equation = "bip", data = dinosbip)

Body Mass Estimates Using Christiansen and Farina (2004)

Description

This function is meant for bipedal mass estimate (in particular theropod dinosaurs) and offers some of the body mass prediction equations published by Christiansen and Farina (2004) derived from volumetric reconstructions of theropod dinosaurs

Usage

CF2004(X, X2 = NULL, eqn, data = NULL)

Arguments

Details

Possible bivariate regression equations (eqn =) include: femur length ("FL"), femur circumference ("FC"), femur anteroposterior diameter ("FAP"), femur mediolateral diameter ("FML"), tibia circumference ("TC"), tibia distal mediolateral diameter ("TdistML"), fibula distal anteroposterior diameter ("FidistAP"). Multiple regression equations include femur circumference + length ("FC+FL"), femur mediolateral diameter + femur length ("FML+FL"), tibia circumference + femur length ("TC+FL"), tibia length + femur circumference ("TL+FC"), and tibia circumference + femur anteroposterior diameter ("TC+FAP"). If a multiple regression equation is chosen, X2 != NULL. See Christiansen & Farina (2004) for specific details and Campione & Evans (2020) for evaluations of the models. If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes will be added as a column to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Christiansen, P. and Farina, R. A. (2004) Mass prediction in theropod dinosaurs. Historical Biology, 16, 85-92.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2020) The accuracy and precisions of body mass estimation in non-avian dinosaurs. Biological Reviews.

See Also

cQE bipeds AHR1985 CM1992

Examples

##Bipedal dinosaurs
data(dinosbip)
CF2004(dinosbip$FC, eqn = "FC", data = dinosbip)

Body Mass Estimates Using Campbell and Marcus (1992)

Description

This function estimates body mass based on femoral circumference using the avian equation of Campbell and Marcus (1992)

Usage

CM1992(FC, data = NULL)

Arguments

Details

If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes will be added as a column to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Campbell Jr., K.E. and Marcus, L. (1992) The relationships of hindlimb bone dimensions to body weight in birds. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, 36, 395-412.

See Also

cQE bipeds AHR1985 CF2004

Examples

##Bipedal dinosaurs
data(dinosbip)
CM1992(dinosbip$FC, data = dinosbip)

Developmental Mass Extrapolation

Description

This function estimates the body mass of an immature specimen based on the mass of a presumed adult and a standard measurement (e.g., femur length or circumference), as described by Erickson and Tumanova (2000).

Usage

DME(juv_proxy, adu_proxy, adu_mass, scale_fac = 3)

Arguments

Details

It cannot be assumed that growth-related allometric scaling coefficients will be consistent with those derived from interspecific relationships of adults (e.g.,QE). DME was developed by Erickson and Tumanova (2000) in order to extrapolate the body mass of an adult to that of an immature specimen through the use of a growth-related scaling factor. Although the assumed scaling factor is that of isometry between a linear and volumetric measurement (scale_fac = 3), if an alternate scaling factor is known, then it can be incorporated by adjusting the scale_fac value.

Value

A numeric value or vector representing the mass estimate(s) in grams of the immature specimen(s).

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Brassey C. A., Maidment, S. C. R. & Barrett, P. M. (2015). Body mass estimates of an exceptionally complete Stegosaurus (Ornithischia: Thyreophora): comparing volumetric and linear bivariate mass estimation methods. Biology Letters, 11, 20140984.

Erickson G. M. and Tumanova, T. A. (2000). Growth curve of Psittacosaurus mongoliensis Orborn (Ceratopsia; Psittacosauridae) inferred from long bone histology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130, 551-566.

See Also

QE cQE

Examples

##Based on the immature Stegosaurus from Brassey et al. (2015)

## Immature (NHMUK R36730: HC = 282, FC = 339, FL = 863
## Adult (YPM1853): HC = 352, FC = 425, FL = 1348

##DME estimate, adult extracted from dinos dataset
DME(juv_proxy = 863, adu_proxy = 1348, adu_mass = QE(352+425)[2])

Body mass estimation equations for vertebrates

Description

Estimation equations are from a variety of sources and associated error estimation.

Details

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

Maintainer: Nicolas E. Campione <ncampion@une.edu.au>

References

Anderson, J. F., Hall-Martin, A. and Russell, D.A. (1985) Long-bone circumference and weight in mammals, birds and dinosaurs. Journal of the Zoological Society of London A, 207, 53-61.

Campbell Jr., K.E. and Marcus, L. (1992) The relationships of hindlimb bone dimensions to body weight in birds. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, 36, 395-412.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Campione, N. E., Evans, D. C., Brown, C. M. and Carrano, M. T. (2014) Body mass estimation in non-avian bipeds using a theoretical conversion to quadruped stylopodial proportions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(9), 913-923.

Campione, N. E. (2017) Extrapolation of a universal scaling relationship for estimating body masses in extinct terrestrial vertebrates. Paleobiology, 43, 693-699.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2020) The accuracy and precision of body mass estimation in non-avian dinosaurs. Biological Reviews.

Christiansen, P. and Farina, R. A. (2004) Mass prediction in theropod dinosaurs. Historical Biology, 16, 85-92.

Erickson G. M. and Tumanova, T. A. (2000). Growth curve of Psittacosaurus mongoliensis Orborn (Ceratopsia; Psittacosauridae) inferred from long bone histology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130, 551-566.

Mazzetta, G. V., Christiansen, P. and Farina, R. A. (2004) Giants and bizzares: body size of some southern South American Cretaceous dinosaurs. Historical Biology, 16, 71-83.

Body mass comparisons, projecting reconstructions onto an extant standard

Description

The main function for projecting a body mass estimate from a reconstruction onto the limb circumference standard of accuracy, as presented by Campione & Evans (2020).

Usage

MASSunite(HFC = NULL, HC, FC, BM, ES.type = "QE", gait, VD.par = NULL, line = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

Details

This function will take a set of body masses estimated via volumetric-density (VD) approaches, their accociated limb circumference data (such as that of the humerus and femur for a quadruped), and project them onto the extant standard of accuracy (Campione & Evans, 2010, Campione et al. 2014, Campione & Evans 2020). In addition, there is an option to fit a linear model to the VD reconstructions, allowing visual comparison to the extant relationship (see line = TRUE).

Both the linear and quadratic extant models can be used (see Campione, 2017) and residual deviations are calculated in accordance with the specified model. Residual plot, however, will depict both the upper and lower extremes of the prediction intervals as these can vary along the regression lines, especially is ES.type = "qQE".

Value

A list of variable length depending on the parameters specified. Permanent values include:

Optional values include:

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Campione, N. E., Evans, D. C., Brown, C. M. and Carrano, M. T. (2014) Body mass estimation in non-avian bipeds using a theoretical conversion to quadruped stylopodial proportions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(9), 913-923.

Campione, N. E. (2017) Extrapolation of a universal scaling relationship for estimating body masses in extinct terrestrial vertebrates. Paleobiology, 43 (4), 693-699.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2020) The accuracy and precisions of body mass estimation in non-avian dinosaurs. Biological Reviews.

See Also

QE cQE lm

Examples

# metadata from Campione & Evans (2020) 
data(dino_comparisons)

# using linear standard and quadupedal dinosaurs w/ VD reconstruction line
MASSunite(dino_comparisons$HCFC, BM = dino_comparisons$Recon.BM, gait = "quadruped", 
VD.par = list(pch = 19, col = "pink", names = NULL), line = TRUE)

# using quadratic standard and bipedal dinsoaurs w/ no line
MASSunite(FC = dino_comparisons$FC, BM = dino_comparisons$Recon.BM, ES.type = "qQE", gait = "biped", 
VD.par = list(pch = 19, col = "pink", names = NULL))

Body Mass Estimates Using Mazzetta et al. (2004)

Description

This function is meant for quadrupedal mass estimates (in particularly sauropod dinosaurs) and offers some of the body mass prediction equations published by Mazzetta et al. (2004) derived from volumetric reconstructions of sauropod dinosaurs

Usage

MCF2004(X, eqn, data = NULL)

Arguments

Details

Possible equations (eqn =) include: femur length ("FL"), modified femur length ("FL*"), femur circumference ("FC"), tibia length ("TL"), and tibia circumference ("TC"). See Mazzetta et al. (2004) for specific details and Campione & Evans (2020) for evaluations of the models. If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes will be added as a column to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Mazzetta, G. V., Christiansen, P. and Farina, R. A. (2004) Giants and bizzares: body size of some southern South American Cretaceous dinosaurs. Historical Biology, 16, 71-83.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2020) The accuracy and precisions of body mass estimation in non-avian dinosaurs. Biological Reviews.

See Also

QE quadrupeds MR AHR1985

Examples

##Quadrupedal dinosaurs
data(dinos)
MCF2004(dinos$FC, eqn = "FC", data = dinos)

Body Mass Estimates Using Campione and Evans (2012)

Description

This function presents the multiple regressions equations from Campione and Evans (2012) for esimating body mass in terretrial vertebartes using humeral and femoral circumferences

Usage

MR(HC, FC, equation = c("raw","phylocor"), data = NULL)

Arguments

Details

The function includes two different equations. equation = "raw" applies the multiple regression based on the raw (non-phylogenetically corrected) relationship - equation 5 of Campione and Evans (2012). equation = "phylocor" applies the multiple regressions taking phylogenetic relationships into account - equation 6 of Campione and Evans (2012).

If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes and additional results will be added as columns to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Four numeric values or columns are returned:

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

See Also

QE quadrupeds AHR1985 MCF2004

Examples

##Dinosaur data from Campione and Evans (2012) for quadrupedal dinosaurs
data(dinos)

##Combined equation based on the raw regression
MR(dinos$HC, dinos$FC, equation = "raw", data = dinos)

##Combined equation based on the phylogenetically corrected regression, data not specified
MR(dinos$HC, dinos$FC, equation = "phylocor")

Body Mass Estimates Using O'Gorman & Hone (2012)

Description

This function is meant for dinosaur mass estimation from femoral length as presented by O'Gorman & Hone (2012)

Usage

OH2012(FL, eqn, data=NULL)

Arguments

Details

Possible estimation equations (eqn =) include: "theropods", "sauropods", and "ornithischians". See O'Gorman & Hone (2012) for specific details and Campione & Evans (2020) for evaluations of the models. If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes will be added as a column to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

O'Gorman, E. J. and Hone, D. W. E. (2012) Body Size Distribution of the Dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51925.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2020) The accuracy and precisions of body mass estimation in non-avian dinosaurs. Biological Reviews.

See Also

cQE QE

Body Mass Estimates Using Combined Humeral and Femoral Circumferences

Description

This function is based on the bivariate regression equations from Campione and Evans (2012) for esimating body mass in terretrial vertebartes using the combined humeral and femoral circumferences

Usage

QE(HFC = NULL, HC, FC, equation = "raw", 
quadratic = FALSE, data = NULL, return_PI = FALSE)

Arguments

Details

The function includes two different equations. equation = "raw" (default) applies the non-phylogenetically corrected regression equation - equation 1 of Campione and Evans (2012). equation = "phylocor" applies the phylogenetically corrected regression equation - equation 2 of Campione and Evans (2012).

If HFC is specified, then HC and FC are ignored.

If quadratic = TRUE, then a second set of estimates will be returned based on a quadratic view of the Campione and Evans (2012) data set (Campione, 2017).

If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes and additional results will be added as columns to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Eight numeric values or columns are returned if quadratic = TRUE (identified by q):

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Campione, N. E. (2017) Extrapolation of a universal scaling relationship for estimating body masses in extinct terrestrial vertebrates. Paleobiology, 43 (4), 693-699.

See Also

cQE quadrupeds MR AHR1985 MCF2004

Examples

##Dinosaur data from Campione and Evans (2012) for quadrupedal dinosaurs
data(dinos)

##Combined equation based on the raw regression
QE(HC = dinos$HC, FC = dinos$FC, quadratic = TRUE, data = dinos, return_PI = TRUE)

##Combined equation based on the phylogenetically corrected regression, data not specified
QE(HC = dinos$HC, FC = dinos$FC, equation = "phylocor")

Body Mass Estimates Using cQE, AHR1985, CF2004, and CM1992

Description

This function returns body mass estimates for bipeds based on minimum femoral circumference using a set of five equations (intended for non-avian dinosaurs)

Usage

bipeds(FC, cQE.eq = "raw", cQE.cor = 2, data = NULL)

Arguments

Details

This function returns estimates from five equations intented for terrestrial bipeds (in particular non-avian dinosaurs): Campione et al. (2014); Campione (in review); Anderson et al. (1985); Christiansen and Farina (2004); Campbell and Marcus (1992). For more details please see the specific functions.

If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes and additional results will be added as columns to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Nine numeric values or columns are returned (all masses are in grams):

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Anderson, J. F., Hall-Martin, A. and Russell, D.A. (1985) Long-bone circumference and weight in mammals, birds and dinosaurs. Journal of the Zoological Society of London A, 207, 53-61.

Campbell Jr., K.E. and Marcus, L. (1992) The relationships of hindlimb bone dimensions to body weight in birds. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, 36, 395-412.

Campione, N. E., Evans, D. C., Brown, C. M. and Carrano, M. T. (2014) Body mass estimation in non-avian bipeds using a theoretical conversion to quadruped stylopodial proportions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(9), 913-923.

Campione, N. E. (2017) Extrapolation of a universal scaling relationship for estimating body masses in extinct terrestrial vertebrates. Paleobiology, 43, 693-699.

Christiansen, P. and Farina, R. A. (2004) Mass prediction in theropod dinosaurs. Historical Biology, 16, 85-92.

See Also

cQE AHR1985 CF2004 CM1992

Body Mass Estimates Using Bipedal Correction Factor

Description

This function presents equations from Campione et al. (2014) for esimating body mass in bipeds using minimum femoral circumference and based on a correction of the quadrupedal equations from Campione and Evans (2012)

Usage

cQE(FC, equation = "raw", cor = 2, quadratic = FALSE, 
data = NULL, return_PI = FALSE)

Arguments

Details

The function includes two different equations. equation = "raw" (default) applies the correction factor derived in Campione et al. (2014) to the raw (non-phylogenetically corrected) bivariate regression equation from Campione and Evans (2012). equation = "phylocor" applies the same correction factor to the phylogenetically corrected equation presented in the same study.

cor = 2 refers to the correction factor (\alpha{^2}) to be used. The default (cor = 2) refers the initial derivation in Campione et al. (2014), however, this value can be modified based on the level of eccentricity of the femur. A set of values for cor corresponding to set eccentricities can be found in table S2 of Campione et al. (2014).

If quadratic = TRUE, then a second set of estimates will be returned based on a quadratic estimation equation (Campione, 2017).

If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes and additional results will be added as columns to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

Eight numeric values or columns are returned if quadratic = TRUE (identified by q):

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Campione, N. E., Evans, D. C., Brown, C. M. and Carrano, M. T. (2014) Body mass estimation in non-avian bipeds using a theoretical conversion to quadruped stylopodial proportions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(9), 913-923.

Campione, N. E. (2017) Extrapolation of a universal scaling relationship for estimating body masses in extinct terrestrial vertebrates. Paleobiology, 43 (4), 693-699.

See Also

QE bipeds AHR1985 CF2004 CM1992

Examples

##Bipedal dinosaurs
data(dinosbip)

#Estimates for Tyrannosaurus (FMNH PR 2081 "Sue")
sue<-which(dinosbip$Taxon=="TyrannosaurusFMNH2081")
cQE(dinosbip$FC[sue]) #default correction factor
cQE(dinosbip$FC[sue], cor = 1.815) #based on eccentricity of the femur

##Estimates of bipedal dinosaurs using phylogeneteically corrected linear and quadratic equations
cQE(dinosbip$FC, equation = "phylocor", cor = dinosbip$cor, quadratic = TRUE, data = dinosbip)

Reconstruction body masses and associated limb circumference data from Campione & Evans (2020)

Description

Metadata combining volumetric-density reconstruction mass estimates with their associated limb circumference measurements.

Usage

data("dino_comparisons")

Format

A data frame with 447 observations on the following 8 variables.

Clade

a character vector specifying the clade to which the Taxon belongs.

Taxon

a character vector specifying the genus or species name.

Recon.Method

a character vector specifying the reconstruction method used to generate Recon.BM.

Recon.BM

a numeric vector of the reconstruction body mass, in g.

Gait

a character vector specifying whether the Taxon is bipedal or quadrupedal.

HCFC

a numeric vector of the combined humeral and femoral circumferences, in mm (if Gait = "quad").

HC

a numeric vector of the humeral circumferences, in mm (if Gait = "quad").

FC

a numeric vector of the femoral circumferences, in mm.

Source

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2020) The accuracy and precisions of body mass estimation in non-avian dinosaurs. Biological Reviews.

Dinosaur data from Campione and Evans 2012

Description

Humeral and Femoral circumference data for eight quadrupedal dinosaurs

Usage

data(dinos)

Format

A data frame with 8 observations and the following 3 variables.

Taxon

a factor with levels Brachiosaurs Corythosaurus Diplodocus Iguanodon Protoceratops Stegosaurus Styracosaurus Triceratops

HC

a numeric vector of humeral circumferences

FC

a numeric vector of femoral circumferences

Source

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Dinosaur data from Campione et al. (2014)

Description

Femoral circumference data for 34 bipedal dinosaurs

Usage

data(dinosbip)

Format

A data frame with 34 observations and the following 3 variables.

Taxon

a factor with the taxon names

FC

a numeric vector of femoral circumferences

cor

a numeric vector with the correction factor (\alpha{^2}) values to be used in cQE

Source

Campione, N. E., Evans, D. C., Brown, C. M. and Carrano, M. T. (2014) Body mass estimation in non-avian bipeds using a theoretical conversion to quadruped stylopodial proportions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(9), 913-923.

Extant limb data from Campione and Evans 2012

Description

Humeral and Femoral data for 245 living tetrapods, including mammals and reptiles

Usage

data(extants)

Format

A data frame with 245 observations and the following 13 variables.

Mon.Groups

a character vector representing the inclusive clade

Family

a character vector representing the family level taxonomy

Species

a character vector identifying the mammal or reptile species

Common.Name

a character vector identifying the common species name

SP.

a character vector specifying the specimen number (see Campione and Evans 2012 for more details)

BM

a numeric vector of body masses (in g)

Humerus.Length

a numeric vector of humeral lengths (in mm)

HC

a numeric vector of humeral circumferences (in mm)

Femur.Length

a numeric vector of femoral lengths (in mm)

FC

a numeric vector of femoral circumferences (in mm)

HCFC

a numeric vector of combined humeral and femoral circumferences (in mm)

log.BM

a numeric vector of the base-10 logarithms of body masses

log.HCFC

a numeric vector of the base-10 logarithms of combined humeral and femoral circumferences

Source

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Extant standard using a linear, ordinary least squares model

Description

An internal function used by MASSunite to project a VD recontruction onto a standard of accuracy.

Usage

mod_OLS(xvar = extants$log.HCFC, yvar = extants$log.BM, 
                    xlab = "Log Stylopodial Circumference",ylab = "Log Body Mass",
                    xlim = c(1, 3.5), ylim = c(1.5, 8), cex = 0.5, pch = 4, col = "gray", 
                    fit.col = "black", pred.seq = seq(from = 1, to = 4, by = 0.01), 
                    PI.col = "blue", PI.lty = 2, CI.col = "red", CI.lty = 1, 
                    verbose = FALSE, plot = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

Details

This function is mostly used internally by MASSunite to project volumetric reconstruction models onto the linear limb circumferences standard of accuracy, as presented in Campione & Evans (2020). However, the function can technically be used to generate a plot of any x-y coordinates with their fitted ordinary least squares line and associated confidence/prediction intervals. N.B. If modified, the defaults may not suite.

Value

The default function will generate a plot. If verbose = TRUE a 3 item list will be returned with:

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2020) The accuracy and precisions of body mass estimation in non-avian dinosaurs. Biological Reviews.

See Also

MASSunite mod_QUAD

Examples

mod_OLS()

Extant standard using a non-linear, quadratic model

Description

An internal function used by MASSunite to project a VD recontruction onto a standard of accuracy.

Usage

mod_QUAD(xvar = extants$log.HCFC, yvar = extants$log.BM, 
                    xlab = "Log Stylopodial Circumference",ylab = "Log Body Mass",
                    xlim = c(1, 3.5), ylim = c(1.5, 8), cex = 0.5, pch = 4, col = "gray", 
                    fit.col = "black", pred.seq = seq(from = 1, to = 4, by = 0.01), 
                    PI.col = "blue", PI.lty = 2, CI.col = "red", CI.lty = 1, 
                    verbose = FALSE, plot = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

Details

This function is mostly used internally by MASSunite to project volumetric reconstruction models onto the non-linear limb circumferences standard of accuracy, as presented in Campione & Evans (2020). However, the function can technically be used to generate a plot of any x-y coordinates with their fitted quadratic line and associated confidence/prediction intervals. N.B. If modified, the defaults may not suite.

Value

The default function will generate a plot. If verbose = TRUE a 3 item list will be returned with:

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Campione, N. E. (2017) Extrapolation of a universal scaling relationship for estimating body masses in extinct terrestrial vertebrates. Paleobiology, 43 (4), 693-699.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2020) The accuracy and precisions of body mass estimation in non-avian dinosaurs. Biological Reviews.

See Also

MASSunite mod_OLS

Examples

mod_QUAD()

Percent Prediction Error

Description

This function calculates the percent prediction error of a sample based on the predicted and true values

Usage

ppe(true, pred, abs = TRUE)

Arguments

Details

This function calculates the percent prediction error (ppe) as a scaled residual (Smith 1980), generally based on the absolute residual, so:

ppe=\frac{\left ( \left | true-pred \right | \right )}{pred}\times 100

Value

Function returns a list of results, including the a list of all the precent prediction errors, along with the mean, 95 percent confidence intervals, range, and standard deviation.

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Smith, R. J. (1980) Rethinking allometry. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 87, 97-111.

See Also

see

Body Mass Estimates Using QE, MR, AHR1985, and MCF2004

Description

This function returns body mass estimates for quadrupeds using humeral and/or femoral circumferences (intended for non-avian dinosaurs)

Usage

quadrupeds(HC, FC, QE_MR.eq = "raw", data = NULL)

Arguments

Details

This function returns estimates from five equations intented for terrestrial quadrupeds (in particular non-avian dinosaurs): two from Campione and Evans (2012) based on bivariate and multiple regression approaches; a quadratic view of the bivariate regression (Campione in review); Anderson et al. (1985); Mazzetta et al. (2004). For more details please see the specific functions.

If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes and additional results will be added as columns to the data.frame or matrix within that object.

Value

11 numeric values or columns are returned (all masses are in grams):

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione

References

Anderson, J. F., Hall-Martin, A. and Russell, D. A. (1985) Long-bone circumference and weight in mammals, birds and dinosaurs. Journal of the Zoological Society of London A, 207, 53-61.

Campione, N. E. and Evans, D. C. (2012) A universal scaling relationship between body mass and proximal limb bone dimensions in quadrupedal terrestrial tetrapods. BMC Biology, 10, 60.

Campione, N. E. (2017) Extrapolation of a universal scaling relationship for estimating body masses in extinct terrestrial vertebrates. Paleobiology, 43, 693-699.

Mazzetta, G. V., Christiansen, P. and Farina, R. A. (2004) Giants and bizzares: body size of some southern South American Cretaceous dinosaurs. Historical Biology, 16, 71-83.

See Also

QE MR AHR1985 MCF2004

Standard Error of the Estimate

Description

This function computes the standard error of the estimate based on the actual and predicted values

Usage

see(true, pred)

Arguments

Details

This function calculates the standard error of the estimate (see) as a scaled residual, so:

see=\sqrt{\frac{\sum \left ( true-pred \right )^{2}}{N}}

Value

Function returns a length one value of the standard error of the estimate

Author(s)

Nicolas E. Campione