peru_mammals_ecoregions_meta: Metadata for Peruvian mammal ecoregions

In perumammals: Taxonomic Backbone and Name Validation Tools for Mammals of Peru

Metadata for Peruvian mammal ecoregions

Description

Definitions of the ecoregion codes used in peru_mammals and peru_mammals_ecoregions. The codes follow the abbreviations used by Pacheco et al. (2021), based on Peruvian ecoregion schemes.

Usage

data("peru_mammals_ecoregions_meta")

Format

A tibble with one row per ecoregion code and 2 variables:

ecoregion_code

Character. Ecoregion abbreviation. The codes used in the dataset are:

• "OCE" – Oceánica

• "BPP" – Bosque Pluvial del Pacífico

• "BSE" – Bosque Seco Ecuatorial

• "COS" – Costa

• "VOC" – Vertiente Occidental

• "PAR" – Páramo

• "PUN" – Puna

• "YUN" – Yungas

• "SB" – Selva Baja

• "SP" – Sabana de Palmera

ecoregion_label

Character. Human-readable label/description of the ecoregion in Spanish.

Source

Pacheco et al. (2021).

See Also

peru_mammals, peru_mammals_ecoregions

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