The map database to use in mapping, see plot_distmap
area
list with four elements. Currently mapdatabase does not contain areas such as Europe,
however, this may be manually chosen like this:
area = list(min_long = -10, max_long = 24, min_lat = 14, max_lat = 70)
index
character string, either "rec" (number of records) or "rich" (number of species)
plot
logical
trans
transformation of the data, defaukt = log10
gazetter
logical if Gazetter should be used to add long lat for USA counties where coordinates are missing; default = TRUE