fishtree_taxonomy {fishtree} | R Documentation |
Get taxonomies and other data from the Fish Tree of Life
Description
Retrieves taxonomic and other information from the Fish Tree of Life API.
Usage
fishtree_taxonomy(ranks = NULL)
Arguments
ranks |
One or more taxonomic ranks to retrieve. |
Value
A list, with components containing data on the specified taxa. If 'ranks' is unspecified, a data frame with all valid taxa is returned instead.
References
Rabosky, D. L., Chang, J., Title, P. O., Cowman, P. F., Sallan, L., Friedman, M., Kashner, K., Garilao, C., Near, T. J., Coll, M., Alfaro, M. E. (2018). An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes. Nature, 559(7714), 392–395. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0273-1
Examples
## Not run:
tax <- fishtree_taxonomy(rank = "Labridae")
n_total <- length(tax$Labridae$species)
n_sampl <- length(tax$Labridae$sampled_species)
paste("There are", n_sampl, "sampled species out of", n_total, "in wrasses.")
## End(Not run)
[Package fishtree version 0.3.4 Index]