BIEN_trait_family: Download trait data for given families.

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

Download trait data for given families.

Description

BIEN_trait_family extracts all trait data for the specified families.

Usage

BIEN_trait_family(
  family,
  all.taxonomy = FALSE,
  political.boundaries = FALSE,
  source.citation = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

family	A single family or a vector of families.
all.taxonomy	Should full taxonomic information and TNRS output be returned? Default is FALSE.
political.boundaries	Should political boundary information (country, state, etc.) be returned? Default is FALSE.
source.citation	Should readable source information be downloaded for each record? Note that BIEN_metadata_citation may be more useful.
...	Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

A dataframe of all data matching the specified families.

See Also

Other trait functions: BIEN_trait_country(), BIEN_trait_genus(), BIEN_trait_list(), BIEN_trait_mean(), BIEN_trait_species(), BIEN_trait_traitbyfamily(), BIEN_trait_traitbygenus(), BIEN_trait_traitbyspecies(), BIEN_trait_traits_per_species(), BIEN_trait_trait()

Examples

## Not run: 
BIEN_trait_family("Poaceae")
family_vector<-c("Poaceae","Orchidaceae")
BIEN_trait_family(family_vector)
## End(Not run)

BIEN documentation built on Jan. 6, 2023, 9:06 a.m.