Excel model and R-code for the paper entitled "Weaponry and defenses in fighting animals: How allometry can alter predictions from contest theory" authored by Alexandre V. Palaoro and Mark Briffa that is published on Behavioral Ecology:
Palaoro, AV & Briffa, M (2017) Weaponry and defenses in fighting animals: How allometry can alter predictions from contest theory. Behavioral Ecology, 28: 328-336. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw163
In the excel file you will find an interactive sheet where you can change the parameters of the model freely (and the body size values for the animals). In the R-code you will find the same functionality.
If you use any of these files, please cite the paper and this dataset:
