BIEN_trait_genus: Download trait data for given genera.

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

Download trait data for given genera.

Description

BIEN_trait_genus extracts entries that contain the specified genera.

Usage

BIEN_trait_genus(
  genus,
  all.taxonomy = FALSE,
  political.boundaries = FALSE,
  source.citation = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

genus	A single genus or a vector of genera.
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 genera.

See Also

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

Examples

## Not run: 
BIEN_trait_genus("Acer")
genus_vector <- c("Acer","Abies")
BIEN_trait_genus(genus_vector)
## End(Not run)

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