get_wgsrpd3_codes: Extract WGSRPD Level 3 (area) codes.

In rWCVP: Generating Summaries, Reports and Plots from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Extract WGSRPD Level 3 (area) codes.

Description

Extract WGSRPD Level 3 (area) codes.

Usage

get_wgsrpd3_codes(geography, include_equatorial = NULL)

Arguments

geography	Character. The geography to convert into Level 3 codes. May be a WGSRPD area (Level 3), region (Level 2) or continent (Level 1), country (political) or hemisphere ("Northern Hemisphere", "Southern Hemisphere" or "Equatorial")
include_equatorial	Logical. Include Level 3 areas that span the equator? Defaults to NULL, which generates a message and includes these areas. Ignored if geography is not a hemisphere.

Details

Country mapping follows Gallagher et al. (2020). Importantly, this means that some overseas territories are not considered part of the country in this system, e.g. the Canary Islands are designated as their own Level 3 area, rather than part of Spain in this mapping. Where this is ambiguous, the mapping can be explored using View(wgsrpd_mapping).

Gallagher, R. V., Allen, S., Rivers, M. C., Allen, A. P., Butt, N., Keith, D., & Adams, V. M. (2020). Global shortfalls in extinction risk assessments for endemic flora. bioRxiv, 2020.2003.2012.984559. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.12.984559

Value

Character with area codes (Level 3) that fall within the geography.

Examples

get_wgsrpd3_codes("Brazil")

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