italic_ecology_traits: Get ecology data and morphological traits of lichen taxa

In ritalic: Interface to the ITALIC Database of Lichen Biodiversity

Get ecology data and morphological traits of lichen taxa

Description

Retrieves morpho-functional traits, ecological indicators, altitudinal distribution, and poleotolerance data for lichen taxa. Only accepts names that exist in the database of ITALIC.

Usage

italic_ecology_traits(sp_names)

Arguments

sp_names

Character vector of accepted names

Value

A data frame with:

scientific_name

The scientific name provided as input

substrata

Substrate

photobiont

Type of photosynthetic partner

growth_form

Growth form

phytoclimatic_range

Distribution in vegetation zones

special_requirements_for_water

Water requirements

reproductive_strategy

Main reproductive methods

ph_of_the_substrata_min

Minimum pH value (1-5 scale)

ph_of_the_substrata_max

Maximum pH value (1-5 scale)

solar_irradiation_min

Minimum light requirements (1-5 scale)

solar_irradiation_max

Maximum light tolerance (1-5 scale)

aridity_min

Minimum aridity tolerance (1-5 scale)

aridity_max

Maximum aridity tolerance (1-5 scale)

eutrophication_min

Minimum nutrient requirements (1-5 scale)

eutrophication_max

Maximum nutrient tolerance (1-5 scale)

altitudinal_distribution_min

Minimum altitude zone (1-6 scale)

altitudinal_distribution_max

Maximum altitude zone (1-6 scale)

poleotolerance_min

Minimum poleotolerance level (1-5 scale)

poleotolerance_max

Maximum poleotolerance level (1-5 scale)

Note

Before using this function with a list of names, first obtain their accepted names using italic_match(). Example workflow:

      names_matched <- italic_match(your_names)
      data <- italic_ecology_traits(names_matched$accepted_name)
      

References

ITALIC - The Information System on Italian Lichens: data about taxa https://italic.units.it/?procedure=base&t=59&c=60#otherdata

Examples

## Not run: 
italic_ecology_traits("Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. subsp. islandica")

## End(Not run)

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