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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of receptors and ganglion cells per visual degree (pvd) | American kestrel Falco sparverius | receptors pvd in the central fovea 8300: receptors pvd in the temporal fovea 7700: ganglion cells pvd in the central fovea 3000: ganglion cells pvd in the temporal fovea 700 | receptors or ganglion cells/visual degree | 117192 | Bringmann A. Structure... |
| Speed of fastest animal (peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus in stoop) | Metazoa animals | >320 | km/hour | 112867 | Ponitz B, Schmitz A,... |
| Net population change in North American birds | Biosphere | Table - link | % change since 1970 | 117281 | Rosenberg KV et al.,... |
| Time of radiation across the North American continent from a European ancestor | Butterfly Limenitis spp. | during the past 3 - 4 | million years | 117176 | Frentiu FD, Briscoe AD.... |
| Net change in abundance across North American bird families, 1970-2017 | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 117283 | Rosenberg KV et al.,... |
| Gains and losses across the North American avifauna over the last half century | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 117280 | Rosenberg KV et al.,... |
| Net change in abundance across the North American avifauna, 1970-2017 | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 117282 | Rosenberg KV et al.,... |
| Axon diameter in the optic nerve | North American opossum Didelphis virginiana | myelinated 0.3-6.7µm (mean 1.6µm): unmyelinated 0.2-1.6µm (mean 0.6µm) | µm | 112118 | Kirby MA, Clift-Forsberg L... |
| Degree by which the effect of Dermorphin, a novel opioid heptapeptide produced in skin, is greater than morphine at same dosage level | South American leaf frog Phyllomedusa spp. | 1000 | fold greater than morphine | 113177 | Clarke BT. The natural... |
| Speed of snapping - one of fastest movements in plant kingdom | Plant Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula | 100 | msec | 106630 | Forterre Y, Skotheim JM... |
| A description of the “Standard Man” | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 109707 | Irving PH. 2007. The... |
| Structural proteins in bacteriophage N4 | Bacteriophage N4 | Table - link | N/A | 112414 | Choi KH et al., Insight... |
| Fraction of USA population with diabetes mellitus | Human Homo sapiens | 7.8 | % | 106171 | van Belle TL, Coppieters KT... |
| Decrease in bird population size in North America since 1970 | Biosphere | 29 | % | 117279 | Rosenberg KV et al.,... |
| Distribution of systemic blood flow to the various organs and tissues of the body at rest | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 109465 | Vander, A., J. Sherman... |
| Specific density of tuber | Potato Solanum tuberosum | 1.06 | Unitless | 103205 | D. R. Isleib, Density... |
| Shape of the foveal pit and maximal visual acuity (spatial resolving power) of various bird species | Birds | Table - link | N/A | 117191 | Bringmann A. Structure... |
| US 2005 mean animal-based food energy production | Human Homo sapiens | 4400 | kJ/person/day | 104636 | Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin... |
| Number of times obligate interspecific brood parasitism arose independently during evolution | Birds | 7 | times | 117277 | Stevens M. Bird brood... |
| Density of starch granules | Potato Solanum tuberosum | 1.55 | g/ml | 103206 | D. R. Isleib, Density... |