is_native

From traits v0.1.0 by Scott Chamberlain

Check if a species is native somewhere

This function check the status (native or exotic) of a species in a given place

For that end, calls itis_native{taxize} and fe_native{traits}. See help documentation of those functions for details.

So many more things can be done, like checking species first with taxize, adding more native lists to check...

Usage

is_native(sp, where, region = c("america", "europe"), ...)

Arguments

sp: character; a vector of length one with a single scientific species names in the form of c("Genus species").
where: character; a vector of length one with a single place. For America has to match one of those: "Continental US", "Alaska", "Canada", "Caribbean Territories", "Central Pacific Territories", "Hawaii", "Mexico". For Europe has to match one of those: "Albania"
region: character; a vector of length one with a single region. Only "europe" and "america" implemented "europe" checks Flora Europaea and only contain plants. "america" checks ITIS and contain both plant and animals.
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Value

A vectors saying if is native or exotic. When species is not found in the database its indicated.

Examples

sp <- c("Lavandula stoechas", "Carpobrotus edulis", "Rhododendron ponticum",
       "Alkanna lutea", "Anchusa arvensis")
is_native(sp[1], where = "Islas_Baleares", region = "europe")
sapply(sp, is_native, where = "Continental US", region = "america")
sapply(sp, is_native, where = "Islas_Baleares", region = "europe")

Documentation reproduced from package traits, version 0.1.0, License: MIT + file LICENSE

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