DwC2taxo {taxotools} | R Documentation |
Darwin Core to Taxolist format
Description
Converts a Darwin Core name list to taxolist format
Usage
DwC2taxo(namelist, statuslist = NA, source = NA)
Arguments
namelist |
names list in Darwin Core format |
statuslist |
vector listing taxonomicStatus to be considered in the namelist. If Default value is NA, automatically uses list of
|
source |
source of the namelist i.e. Global Biodiversity Information Facility 'GBIF' or Integrated Taxonomic Information System 'ITIS'. Default NA |
Details
The name lists downloaded from 'GBIF' or 'ITIS' website in Darwin Core (DwC) format has all the required fields for taxolist. The list just needs to be converted to taxolist by renaming column names and and quality checked in terms of missing synonym to accepted name linkages at times.
Value
names list is taxolist format
See Also
Other List functions:
cast_cs_field()
,
compact_ids()
,
get_synonyms()
,
match_lists()
,
melt_cs_field()
,
merge_lists()
,
syn2taxo()
,
synonymize_subspecies()
,
taxo2DwC()
,
taxo2doc()
,
taxo2syn()
,
wiki2taxo()
Examples
dwclist <- data.frame("taxonKey" = c("5129025","6224429","1896957"),
"scientificName" = c("Charaxes solon Fabricius, 1793",
"Papilio jason Linnaeus, 1767",
"Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)"),
"acceptedTaxonKey" = c("5129025","1896957","1896957"),
"acceptedScientificName" = c("Charaxes solon Fabricius, 1793",
"Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)",
"Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767)"),
"taxonRank" = c("SPECIES","SPECIES","SPECIES"),
"taxonomicStatus" = c("ACCEPTED","SYNONYM","ACCEPTED"),
"family" = c("Nymphalidae","Nymphalidae","Nymphalidae"),
"order" = c("Lepidoptera","Lepidoptera","Lepidoptera"),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
mytaxo <- DwC2taxo(dwclist)