get_taxa: Get taxon information from Neotoma.

In neotoma: Access to the Neotoma Paleoecological Database Through R

Description

Get taxon information from Neotoma.

Usage

get_taxa(taxonid, taxonname, status, taxagroup, ecolgroup)

Arguments

taxonid	Numeric taxon identifier used in Neotoma
taxonname	A character string representing the full or partial name of taxa of interest.
status	The current status of the taxon, one of 'extinct', 'extant', 'all'.
taxagroup	The taxonomic grouping for the taxa. See http://api.neotomadb.org/doc/resources/taxa for the list of approved groupings.
ecolgroup	The ecological group of the taxa. More detailed than taxagroup, can be obtained using get_table("EcolGroupTypes").

Value

Returns a data frame with the following components:

TaxonID	Unique database record identifier for a taxon
TaxonCode	Shorthand notation for a taxon identification
TaxonName	Name of the taxon
Author	Author(s) of the name. Used almost exclusively with beetle taxa
Extinct	True if extinct; false if extant
TaxaGroup	Code for taxa group to which taxon belongs
EcolGroups	Array of ecological group codes to which the taxon belongs
HigherTaxonID	TaxonID of the next higher taxonomic rank
PublicationID	Publication identification number
Notes	Free-form notes or comments about the taxon

Author(s)

Simon J. Goring [e-mail]

References

Neotoma Project Website: http://www.neotomadb.org API Reference: http://api.neotomadb.org/doc/resources/contacts

Examples

## Not run: 
## Return all species taxa with "Abies" in name - note wildcard
taxa <- get_taxa(taxonname = "Abies*")

## End(Not run)

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