rAvis (version 0.1.4)

rAvis: rAvis: An R-package to download the information stored in Proyecto AVIS, a citizen science bird project.

Description

We developed several functions to explore and donwload the information stored in ProyectoAVIS database (www.proyectoavis.com), in an easy and visual way.

Details

We programmed two main functions to set flexible queries about the species occurrences and the birdwatcher observations: avisQuerySpecies and avisQueryContributor. Besides, there are also general functions to explore the database, like avisMapSpecies.

Package:

rAvis

Type:

Package

Version:

0.1.3

Date:

2013-11-24

License:

GPL-2

References

Varela S, Gonzalez-Hernandez J, Casabella E, Barrientos R (2014) rAvis: An R-Package for Downloading Information Stored in Proyecto AVIS, a Citizen Science Bird Project. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91650. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091650

See Also

http://proyectoavis.com

Examples

## Not run: 
# avisSpeciesSummary()
# 
# avisMapSpecies ("Pica pica", maptype="phys")
# 
# avisQuerySpecies(list("Bubo bubo", "Tyto alba"), args = list(year = 2012))
# ## End(Not run)