npn_lookup_names: Species Name Lookup

In rnpn: Interface to the National 'Phenology' Network 'API'

Species Name Lookup

Description

Look up species IDs by taxonomic or common name

Usage

npn_lookup_names(name, type = "genus", fuzzy = FALSE)

Arguments

name	A scientific or common name.
type	One of "common_name", "genus", or "species".
fuzzy	Logical; if TRUE, uses fuzzy search via agrep(), if FALSE, uses grep().

Value

A data frame with species ID numbers based on the name and type parameters.

Examples

## Not run: 
npn_lookup_names(name = 'Pinus', type = 'genus')
npn_lookup_names(name = 'pine', type = 'common_name')
npn_lookup_names(name = 'bird', type = 'common_name', fuzzy = TRUE)

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