species_c

<code>species_c()</code> accepts a species and a database inventory and returns the
c-value of that species. Either a numeric database ID from
<a href="https://universalfqa.org/">universalfqa.org</a> or a homemade inventory
with the same format may be specified.

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species_c function

<dl><dt>species</dt>
<dd>The scientific name of the plant species of interest</dd>
<dt>database_id</dt>
<dd>ID number of an existing database on
<a href="https://universalfqa.org/">universalfqa.org</a>. Use
<code>index_fqa_databases()</code> to see a list of
all such databases.</dd>
<dt>database_inventory</dt>
<dd>An inventory of species having the same form as one
 created using <code>database_inventory()</code>, that
 is, a data frame with 9 columns:<ul>
<li>scientific_name (character)</li>
<li>family (character)</li>
<li>acronym (character)</li>
<li>nativity (character)</li>
<li>c (numeric)</li>
<li>w (numeric)</li>
<li>physiognomy (character)</li>
<li>duration (character)</li>
<li>common_name (character)</li>
</ul></dd></dl>

Arguments

<code>species_c()</code> accepts a species and a database inventory and returns the
c-value of that species. Either a numeric database ID from
<a href='https://universalfqa.org/'>universalfqa.org</a> or a homemade inventory
with the same format may be specified.

C-value of a species in a specified database — species_c

<dl>

<dt>species</dt>
<dd>The scientific name of the plant species of interest</dd>


<dt>database_id</dt>
<dd>ID number of an existing database on
<a href='https://universalfqa.org/'>universalfqa.org</a>. Use
<code>index_fqa_databases()</code> to see a list of
all such databases.</dd>


<dt>database_inventory</dt>
<dd>An inventory of species having the same form as one
 created using <code>database_inventory()</code>, that
 is, a data frame with 9 columns:<ul>
<li>scientific_name (character)</li>
<li>family (character)</li>
<li>acronym (character)</li>
<li>nativity (character)</li>
<li>c (numeric)</li>
<li>w (numeric)</li>
<li>physiognomy (character)</li>
<li>duration (character)</li>
<li>common_name (character)</li>
</ul></dd>

</dl>

species_c: C-value of a species in a specified database

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