<code>traits_eco</code> defines a list containg pairs in the form
<em>short_name_of_the_trait</em> =
<em>corresponding_code_in_Ecoflora</em> At the moment the
package does not download all the traits available at
Ecoflora; curious users can expand the number of
downloadable traits simply extending the list with other
'pairs' (take care of using the right <code>Ecoflora codes</code>
as described in
<url>http://www.ecoflora.co.uk/search_plantchar.php</url>).

datasets

traits_eco

Plant ecologists often need to collect "traits" data 
	     about plant species which are often scattered among various 
	     databases: TR8 contains a set of tools which take care of
	     automatically retrieving some of those functional traits data
	     for plant species from publicly available databases (Biolflor, 
	     The Ecological Flora of the British Isles, LEDA traitbase, Ellenberg 
	     values for Italian Flora, Mycorrhizal intensity databases, Catminat).
	     The TR8 name, inspired by "car plates" jokes, was chosen since
	     it both reminds of the main object of the package and is
	     extremely short to type.

traits_eco: Set of functional traits to be retrieved by Ecoflora.

Description

Arguments

docType

References

Examples