TR8 (version 0.9.14)

leda_lookup: List with reference variables needed to download traits from LEDA Traitbase

Description

Contains useful references for the LEDA Traitbase: these data are used by the TR8 package to find URLs of the different .txt files containing the raw data.

Usage

data(leda_lookup)

Format

Each element contains a key which express the short name for the traits of interest (to be retrieved from the LEDA Traitbase), to each key a four-elements vector is associated, which contains the name of the .txt files hosted at the LEDA website which containts the trait data, a int which expresses the number of rows to be skipped when reading the txt file, a longer code for the trait, a short code for the trait.

age_of_first_flowering

branching

bud_bank_seasonality_soil

buoyancy

canopy_height

dispersal

leaf_distribution

leaf_dmc

leaf_mass

leaf_size

dispersal_morphology

growth_form

life_span

releasing_height

sbank

seed_mass

shoot_growth_form

seed_number_per_shoot

woodiness

terminal_velocity

Source

http://www.leda-traitbase.org/LEDAportal/citation.jsp

References

Please cite the following reference any time you use data retrieved from the LEDA traitbase:

Kleyer, M., Bekker, R.M., Knevel, I.C., Bakker, J.P, Thompson, K., Sonnenschein, M., Poschlod, P., Van Groenendael, J.M., Klimes, L., Klimesova, J., Klotz, S., Rusch, G.M., Hermy, M., Adriaens, D., Boedeltje, G., Bossuyt, B., Dannemann, A., Endels, P., Götzenberger, L., Hodgson, J.G., Jackel, A-K., Kühn, I., Kunzmann, D., Ozinga, W.A., Römermann, C., Stadler, M., Schlegelmilch, J., Steendam, H.J., Tackenberg, O., Wilmann, B., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Eriksson, O., Garnier, E., Peco, B. (2008): The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of Northwest European flora. Journal of Ecology 96: 1266-1274.

Examples

head(leda_lookup)