Height Data

These are height measurement data for female, individually-known African elephants in the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves. These data were used in the manuscript "Orphaning stunts growth in African Elephants", currently under review. The first Excel worksheet is titled "GW.growth.curve". It shows the median of the height measurements taken from an elephant on a single date by author George Wittemyer. These medians were used to create a von Bertalanffy growth curve upon which we structured the Bayesian analysis that addressed our main hypotheses. The second worksheet titled "All.data" shows all measurements taken by either author. The third worksheet shows a summary of author Jenna Parker's measurements, including which individuals were not included in the main analysis because we are unsure of their exact birthdate.