tax2traits {taxlist}

Set taxonomic information as taxon traits

Description

Taxonomic classification can be included in taxlist objects within the information provided at slot taxonRelations. Nevertheless, for statistical analyses it may be more convenient to insert such information in the slot taxonTraits.

Usage

tax2traits(object, ...)

## S3 method for class 'taxlist'
tax2traits(object, get_names = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

object

An object of class taxlist.

...

Further arguments to be passed among methods.

get_names

Logical value indicating whether taxon names should be retrieved instead of taxon IDs.

Details

This function can only be applied to objects containing parent-child relationships and information on taxonomic levels.

Value

An object of class taxlist with taxonomy added as traits.

Author(s)

Miguel Alvarez [e-mail].

Examples

## Family Acanthaceae with children
Acanthaceae <- subset(x = Easplist, subset = TaxonName == "Acanthaceae",
  slot = "names", keep_children = TRUE)
summary(Acanthaceae)

## Insert taxonomy to taxon traits
Acanthaceae <- tax2traits(Acanthaceae, get_names = TRUE)
head(taxon_traits(Acanthaceae))