traitdata: traitdata: Easy access to various animal trait data

traitdataR Documentation

traitdata: Easy access to various animal trait data

Description

R package to access 32 different trait datasets covering numerous taxa.

Details

traitdata provides an easy way to access 32 publicly available trait datasets (Amniota, Amphibian life-history traits, AmphiBio, Arthropods, Bird behaviour, Carabids, CLIMBER, EltonTraits, Eubirds, Heteroptera, Lizard traits, mammal_diet, mammal_diet2, Migratory behaviour of birds, PanTHERIA, Passerines, life history traits of reptiles and TetraDensity), which contain information on numerous taxonomic groups.

It has three main utilities:

  • Easy access to various trait datasets

  • Standardised taxonomic information for all data records, based on species level only

  • Standardised glossary of all datasets

  • Simple joining of multiple data sources based on their standardised taxonomic information

To learn more about traitdata, start with the vignette("access-data") vignette.

Author(s)

RS-eco


RS-eco/traitdata documentation built on Oct. 29, 2022, 7:52 p.m.