BIEN_stem_genus: Extract stem data for specified genera from BIEN

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

Extract stem data for specified genera from BIEN

Description

BIEN_stem_genus downloads occurrence records for specific genera from the BIEN database.

Usage

BIEN_stem_genus(
  genus,
  cultivated = FALSE,
  new.world = NULL,
  all.taxonomy = FALSE,
  native.status = FALSE,
  natives.only = TRUE,
  political.boundaries = FALSE,
  collection.info = FALSE,
  all.metadata = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

genus	A single genus, or a vector of genera. Genera should be capitalized.
cultivated	Return known cultivated records as well? Default is FALSE.
new.world	NULL (The default) returns global records, TRUE returns only New World, and FALSE only Old World.
all.taxonomy	Return all taxonomic information? This includes the raw data as well as the "scrubbed" data.
native.status	Return information on introduction status? The default value is FALSE. A value of TRUE also returns additional information on introduction status.
natives.only	Exclude detected introduced species? Default is TRUE.
political.boundaries	Return information on political boundaries for an observation? The default value is FALSE.
collection.info	Return additional information about collection and identification? The default value is FALSE.
all.metadata	Should additional plot metadata be returned? Default is FALSE.
...	Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

Dataframe containing stem data for the specified genera.

Note

US FIA coordinates have been fuzzed and swapped, for more details see: https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/tools-data/spatial/Policy/index.php

Setting either "cultivated" or "native.status" to TRUE will significantly slow the speed of a query.

See Also

Other stem functions: BIEN_stem_datasource(), BIEN_stem_family(), BIEN_stem_sampling_protocol(), BIEN_stem_species()

Examples

## Not run: 
BIEN_stem_genus(genus = "Tovomita")
genus_vector<-c("Tovomita", "Myrcia")
BIEN_stem_genus(genus = genus_vector)
BIEN_stem_genus(genus = genus_vector, all.taxonomy = TRUE)
## End(Not run)

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