BIEN_ranges_intersect_species: Download range maps that intersect the range of a given...

In BIEN: Tools for Accessing the Botanical Information and Ecology Network Database

Download range maps that intersect the range of a given species.

Description

BIEN_ranges_intersect_species extracts range maps for a specified bounding box.

Usage

BIEN_ranges_intersect_species(
  species,
  directory = NULL,
  species.names.only = FALSE,
  include.focal = TRUE,
  return.species.list = TRUE,
  include.gid = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

species	Focal species (or a vector of species) for which to extract intersecting ranges.
directory	Directory that range maps should be saved in. If none is specified, range maps will be saved in the current working directory.
species.names.only	Return species names rather than spatial data? Default is FALSE.
include.focal	Should a range for the focal species be downloaded? Default is TRUE.
return.species.list	Should a species list be returned in addition to downloading range maps? Default is FALSE
include.gid	Should the files returned have a unique GID appended to them? This is needed if downloading multiple maps for the same species.
...	Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

Range maps for all available species that intersect the range of the focal species.

Note

Details on the construction of BIEN range maps is available at https://bien.nceas.ucsb.edu/bien/biendata/bien-3/

See Also

Other range functions: BIEN_ranges_box(), BIEN_ranges_genus(), BIEN_ranges_list(), BIEN_ranges_load_species(), BIEN_ranges_sf(), BIEN_ranges_shapefile_to_skinny(), BIEN_ranges_skinny_ranges_to_richness_raster(), BIEN_ranges_species(), BIEN_ranges_species_bulk()

Examples

## Not run: 
temp_dir <- file.path(tempdir(), "BIEN_temp") #Set a working directory
BIEN_ranges_intersect_species(species = "Carnegiea_gigantea",
directory = temp_dir,include.focal = TRUE)
species_vector<-c("Carnegiea_gigantea","Echinocereus coccineus")
BIEN_ranges_intersect_species(species = species_vector,species.names.only = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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