stax.sel {paleoDiv} | R Documentation |
Extract subsets of an occurrence data.frame.
Description
Extract subsets of an occurrence data.frame.
Usage
stax.sel(taxa, rank = x$class, x = NULL)
Arguments
taxa |
A vector containing subtaxa (or any other entries matching entries of rank) to be returned |
rank |
Vector or column of x in which to look for entries matching taxa. defaults to x$class, for selecting class-level subtaxa from large datasets (only works if pdb(...,full=TRUE)) |
x |
Optional occurrence data.frame. If set, a data.frame with the selected entries will be returned. |
Value
If is.null(x) (default), a vector giving the indices of values matching taxa in rank. Otherwise, an occurrence data.frame() containing only the selected taxa or values.
Examples
data(archosauria)
archosauria$Stegosauria->stegos
stax.sel(c("Stegosaurus"), rank=stegos$genus,x=stegos)->Stegosaurus
[Package paleoDiv version 0.3.0 Index]