This functions downloads species occurence records from the GBIF data portal. You can download either a single species or an entire genus by using species='*'
Logical. If TRUE, all records that have a latiude OR longitude of zero will be removed if geo==TRUE, or set to NA if geo==FALSE. If FALSE, only records that have a latiude AND longitude that
download
Logical. If TRUE, records will be downloaded, else only the number of records will be shown
getAlt
Logical. If TRUE, elevation data (4 character variables) will be processed into a single new numerical variable
feedback
Integer. Lower values give less feedback (0-no messages; 3-all messages)