BIEN_occurrence_species {BIEN} | R Documentation |
Extract occurrence data for specified species from BIEN
Description
BIEN_occurrence_species downloads occurrence records for specific species from the BIEN database.
Usage
BIEN_occurrence_species(
species,
cultivated = FALSE,
new.world = NULL,
all.taxonomy = FALSE,
native.status = FALSE,
natives.only = TRUE,
observation.type = FALSE,
political.boundaries = FALSE,
collection.info = FALSE,
only.geovalid = TRUE,
...
)
Arguments
species |
A single species, or a vector of species. Genus and species should be separated by a space. Genus should be capitalized. |
cultivated |
Return known cultivated records as well? Default is FALSE. |
new.world |
NULL (The default) returns global records, TRUE returns only New World, and FALSE only Old World. |
all.taxonomy |
Return all taxonomic information? This includes the raw data as well as the "scrubbed" data. |
native.status |
Return information on introduction status? The default value is FALSE. A value of TRUE also returns additional information on introduction status. |
natives.only |
Exclude detected introduced species? Default is TRUE. |
observation.type |
Return information on type of observation (i.e. specimen vs. plot)? The default value is FALSE. |
political.boundaries |
Return information on political boundaries for an observation? The default value is FALSE. |
collection.info |
Return additional information about collection and identification? The default value is FALSE. |
only.geovalid |
Should the returned records be limited to those with validated coordinates? Default is TRUE |
... |
Additional arguments passed to internal functions. |
Value
Dataframe containing occurrence records for the specified species.
Note
US FIA coordinates have been fuzzed and swapped, for more details see: https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/tools-data/spatial/Policy/index.php
See Also
Other occurrence functions:
BIEN_occurrence_box()
,
BIEN_occurrence_country()
,
BIEN_occurrence_county()
,
BIEN_occurrence_family()
,
BIEN_occurrence_genus()
,
BIEN_occurrence_records_per_species()
,
BIEN_occurrence_sf()
,
BIEN_occurrence_state()
Examples
## Not run:
BIEN_occurrence_species("Abies amabilis")
species_vector<-c("Abies amabilis", "Acer nigrum")
BIEN_occurrence_species(species_vector)
BIEN_occurrence_species(species_vector,all.taxonomy = TRUE)
## End(Not run)