letsR (version 1.0)

lets.iucn.his: Download historical conservation status of species from IUCN

Description

Get species conservation status through history (i.e. from 1980 to present date available) from the IUCN website(http//:http://www.iucnedlist.org/) for one or more species.

Usage

lets.iucn.his(input, count=FALSE)

Arguments

input

character vector with one or more species names, or an object of class PresenceAbsence.

count

Logical, if TRUE a counting window will open.

Value

• A data frame with the species names in the first column rows and the years (1980 - present) in the remaining columns, the code represents the species' conservation status (see the IUCN website for details). If species do not have information (i.e. have not been evaluated), the result is: NE (Not evaluated).

Details

Note that you must be connected to the internet to use this function.

See Also

lets.iucn.ha lets.iucn

Examples

# Single species
lets.iucn.his("Panthera onca")

# Multiple species
lets.iucn.his(c("Rhincodon typus", "Ailuropoda melanoleuca"))