taxoncount: Search by taxon to retrieve number of records in GBIF.

In sckott/rgbif_scott: Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API methods

Description

Search by taxon to retrieve number of records in GBIF.

Usage

  taxoncount(sciname = NULL, rank = NULL,
    dataresourcekey = NULL,
    url = "http://data.gbif.org/ws/rest/taxon/count?", ...,
    curl = getCurlHandle())

Arguments

sciname	scientitic name of taxon (character, see example)
rank	rank of taxon, see taxrank() (character)
dataresourcekey	Filter records to those provided by the supplied numeric key for a data resource. See resources(). (character)
url	the base GBIF API url for the function (should be left to default)
...	optional additional curl options (debugging tools mostly)
curl	If using in a loop, call getCurlHandle() first and pass the returned value in here (avoids unnecessary footprint)

Examples

## Not run: 
taxoncount('Puma concolor')
taxoncount('Helianthus annuus')
taxoncount(rank = 'family')

## End(Not run)

sckott/rgbif_scott documentation built on May 29, 2019, 4:04 p.m.