fauna_by_vernacular: Search for taxa using vernacular names

In faunabr: Explore Catálogo Taxônomico da Fauna do Brasil Database

Search for taxa using vernacular names

Description

Search for taxa using vernacular names

Usage

fauna_by_vernacular(data, names, exact = FALSE)

Arguments

data	(data.frame) the data.frame imported with the load_faunabr function or generated with the function select_fauna.
names	(character) vernacular name ("Nome comum") of the species to be searched
exact	(logic) if TRUE, the function will search only for exact matches. For example, if names = "veado-mateiro" and exact = TRUE, the function will return only the species popularly known as "veado-mateiro". On the other hand, if names = "veado-mateiro" and exact = FALSE, the function will return other results as "Veado-mateiro-pequeno". Default = FALSE

Value

a data.frame with the species with vernacular names that match the input names

Examples

data("fauna_data") #Load Fauna do Brasil data
#Search for species whose vernacular name is 'veado-mateiro'
veado_exact <- fauna_by_vernacular(data = fauna_data,
                                   names = "veado-mateiro",
                                   exact = TRUE)
veado_exact
#Search for species whose vernacular name is 'veado_mateiro', allowing non-exact
#matches
veado_not_exact <- fauna_by_vernacular(data = fauna_data,
                                       names = "veado-mateiro",
                                      exact = FALSE)

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