getIUCN: Download IUCN range maps for a given taxa or group

In RS-eco/rasterSp: R Package to rasterize and summarise IUCN range maps

Download IUCN range maps for a given taxa or group

Description

This function automatically downloads IUCN range maps of a given taxa or group to a specified location.

Usage

getIUCN(taxa, group, user, password, path = getwd())

Arguments

taxa	character, Name of taxa to download
group	chracter, Name of subgroup, in case you are interested in a subset of species
user	E-mail address you used to login at the IUCN Website
password	Password you used to login at the IUCN Website
path	Path to download location

Value

location of data files

Examples

## Not run: 
getIUCN(taxa="Reptiles", group="Chameleons")

getIUCN(group="Chameleons")

## End(Not run)

RS-eco/rasterSp documentation built on Jan. 24, 2023, 12:06 a.m.