BIEN (version 1.2.7)

BIEN_trait_traitbygenus: Download trait data for given genus/genera and trait(s).

Description

BIEN_trait_traitbygenus extracts entries that contain the specified genus/genera and trait(s).

Usage

BIEN_trait_traitbygenus(
  genus,
  trait,
  all.taxonomy = FALSE,
  political.boundaries = FALSE,
  source.citation = FALSE,
  ...
)

Value

A dataframe of all data matching the specified trait(s) and genus/genera.

Arguments

genus

A single genus or a vector of genera.

trait

A single trait or a vector of traits.

all.taxonomy

Should full taxonomic information and TNRS output be returned? Default is FALSE.

political.boundaries

Should political boundary information (country, state, etc.) be returned? Default is FALSE.

source.citation

Should readable source information be downloaded for each record? Note that BIEN_metadata_citation may be more useful.

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

See Also

Other trait functions: BIEN_trait_country(), BIEN_trait_family(), BIEN_trait_genus(), BIEN_trait_list(), BIEN_trait_mean(), BIEN_trait_species(), BIEN_trait_trait(), BIEN_trait_traitbyfamily(), BIEN_trait_traitbyspecies(), BIEN_trait_traits_per_species()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
BIEN_trait_traitbygenus(trait = "whole plant height", genus = "Carex")
trait_vector<-c("whole plant height", "leaf area")
genus_vector<-c("Carex","Betula")
BIEN_trait_traitbygenus(trait=trait_vector,genus=genus_vector)}