| leda_lookup {TR8} | R Documentation |
List with reference variables needed to download traits from LEDA Traitbase
Description
Contains useful references for the LEDA Traitbase: these
data are used by the TR8 package to find URLs of the different
.txt files containing the raw data.
Usage
data(leda_lookup)Format
Each element contains a key which express the short name for the
traits of interest (to be retrieved from the LEDA Traitbase), to each key a four-elements
vector is associated, which contains the name of the .txt files
hosted at the LEDA website which containts the trait data, a
int which expresses the number of rows to be skipped when
reading the txt file, a longer code for the trait, a short code
for the trait.
- age_of_first_flowering
- branching
- bud_bank_seasonality_soil
- buoyancy
- canopy_height
- dispersal
- leaf_distribution
- leaf_dmc
- leaf_mass
- leaf_size
- dispersal_morphology
- growth_form
- life_span
- releasing_height
- sbank
- seed_mass
- shoot_growth_form
- seed_number_per_shoot
- woodiness
- terminal_velocity
Source
‘http://www.leda-traitbase.org/LEDAportal/citation.jsp’
References
Please cite the following reference any time you use data retrieved from the LEDA traitbase:
Kleyer, M., Bekker, R.M., Knevel, I.C., Bakker, J.P, Thompson, K., Sonnenschein, M., Poschlod, P., Van Groenendael, J.M., Klimes, L., Klimesova, J., Klotz, S., Rusch, G.M., Hermy, M., Adriaens, D., Boedeltje, G., Bossuyt, B., Dannemann, A., Endels, P., Götzenberger, L., Hodgson, J.G., Jackel, A-K., Kühn, I., Kunzmann, D., Ozinga, W.A., Römermann, C., Stadler, M., Schlegelmilch, J., Steendam, H.J., Tackenberg, O., Wilmann, B., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Eriksson, O., Garnier, E., Peco, B. (2008): The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of Northwest European flora. Journal of Ecology 96: 1266-1274.
Examples
head(leda_lookup)