MatchTaxatoEOLID: Matches Taxa to and eolID

In Reol: R interface to the Encyclopedia of Life

Description

This function will take a sting of taxa and search EOL database for the EOL ID. These IDs can then be used with the DownloadEOLpages function.

Usage

MatchTaxatoEOLID(ListOfTaxa, exact=TRUE, ...)

Arguments

ListOfTaxa	List of EOL taxa to search and download EOL pages
exact	Should taxon name match exactly in EOL or fuzzy match
...	further arguments to be passed to MatchTaxatoEOLID

Value

Returns a table with the submitted taxon name, returned taxon name, and eol ID number.

See Also

DownloadEOLpages DownloadSearchedTaxa

Examples

	bears<-c("Ursus americanus", "Ursus thibetanus", "Ursus maritimus")
	MatchTaxatoEOLID(bears, exact=TRUE)

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