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RELATIONS AMONGST VARIOUS LINEAR MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHT FOR BLACK RHINOCEROSES IN KENYA
Author(s) -
Freeman G. H.,
King J. M.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1969.tb01194.x
Subject(s) - girth (graph theory) , french horn , body weight , zoology , front (military) , biology , mathematics , geography , combinatorics , physics , acoustics , meteorology , endocrinology
SUMMARY Records of black rhinoceroses obtained from different areas of Kenya suggest a very close relationship between body weight and length and chest girth. The best regressions are: log weight on log length+log girth, and weight on length x girth 2 . The square of the correlation coefficient in both cases is more than 0.98, and the relations appear to be independent of habitat and sex. In contrast the two sexes show marked differences in the relation between front and back horn length with the males tending to grow relatively longer front horns. Attempts to predict the size of the animal and the length of its horns from the spoor were less successful.