resolve.mult: Resolve cases in which two taxa are found in ITIS
In bio.infer: Predict Environmental Conditions from Biological Observations

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Resolves cases in which two taxa listed on the same entry are both found in ITIS.

1	resolve.mult(parse.list, get.tax.env)

`parse.list`	List of taxa that are found in ITIS (position 1)and taxa that are still unresolved (position 2).
`get.tax.env`	Environment variable where the full ITIS taxon table is available

The most likely reason for two valid taxa being listed in the same entry is that the taxonomist could only identify a specimen down to two possibilities. In these cases, the script downgrades the identification to a coarser level that is the same for both taxa.

Updates parse.list so that resolved multiple listings are included in position 1.

Lester L. Yuan

bio.infer documentation built on Sept. 2, 2020, 5:08 p.m.