GBIF_data: Retrieve Species data from GBIF

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Retrieve Species data from GBIF

Description

This function is a wrapper to get records from GBIF using rgbif and return a data.frame ready to be used in caretSDM.

Usage

GBIF_data(s, file = NULL, as_df = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

s	character vector of species names.
file	character with file to save the output. If not informed, data will not be saved on folder.
as_df	Should the output be a dataframe? Default is FALSE, returning a occurrences object.
...	Arguments to pass on rgbif::occ_data().

Value

A data.frame with species occurrences data, or an occurrences object if as_df = FALSE.

Author(s)

Luíz Fernando Esser ([e-mail]) https://luizfesser.wordpress.com

References

https://www.gbif.org

Examples

# Select species names:
s <- c("Araucaria angustifolia", "Salminus brasiliensis")

# Run function:
oc <- GBIF_data(s)

caretSDM documentation built on Aug. 29, 2025, 5:17 p.m.