getDatasets: Download datasets from the harvard dataverse repo

In GapAnalysis: Conservation Indicators Using Spatial Information

Download datasets from the harvard dataverse repo

Description

Ecoregions and protected area data base are stored on a harvard dataverse repository. This functions check to see if those datasets have been download and will download them if not present.

Usage

getDatasets(out_dir = tools::R_user_dir("GapAnalysis", which = "data"))

Arguments

out_dir

A character vector specifying the output directory to save download files.

Value

A message confirming the datasets were downloaded, along with saving the files to the package's data directory.

References

Khoury et al. (2019) Ecological Indicators 98:420-429. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.016")} Carver et al. (2021) GapAnalysis: an R package to calculate conservation indicators using spatial information

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