iucn_id: Get an ID for a IUCN listed taxon
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iucn_id

R Documentation

Get an ID for a IUCN listed taxon

Description

Get an ID for a IUCN listed taxon

Usage

iucn_id(sciname, key = NULL, ...)

Arguments

`sciname`	character; Scientific name. Should be cleand and in the format `⁠<Genus> <Species>⁠`. One or more.
`key`	(character) required. you IUCN Redlist API key. See rredlist::rredlist-package for help on authenticating with IUCN Redlist
`...`	Curl options passed on to crul::HttpClient

Value

A named list (names are input taxa names) of one or more IUCN IDs. Taxa that aren't found are silently dropped.

Author(s)

Scott Chamberlain,

Examples

## Not run: 
iucn_id("Branta canadensis")
iucn_id("Branta bernicla")
iucn_id("Panthera uncia")
iucn_id("Lynx lynx")

# many names
iucn_id(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx"))

# many names, some not found
iucn_id(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx", "foo bar", "hello world"))

# a name not found
iucn_id("Foo bar")

## End(Not run)

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