predictsr (version 0.2.0)

GetPredictsData: Read the PREDICTS database into either a dataframe.

Description

This returns the latest complete PREDICTS database extract as a dataframe.

Usage

GetPredictsData(extract = c(2016, 2022))

Value

A dataframe containing the v1.1 PREDICTS database extract/s.

Arguments

extract

numeric, year/s corresponding to PREDICTS database releases to download. Options are 2016 or 2022. Defaults to c(2016, 2022) - the whole dataset.

Details

The data were collected as part of the PREDICTS project - Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems, and comprise of two releases. The first was in 2016, and the second in 2022. This function accesses the 2016 and/or 2022 release.

The database is provided as a dataframe, with each row corresponding to a site-level observation, and each column corresponding to a variable describing the site or the observation. The data are provided in a standardised format, with column names that are consistent across the database.

The data are provided under a CC NC (non-commercial) license, which means that they cannot be used for commercial purposes. The 2016 release is available under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, and the 2022 release is available under a CC NC (any) license.

Examples

# \donttest{
  predicts <- GetPredictsData()
  predicts_2016 <- GetPredictsData(extract = 2016)
# }