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.
- ...
- Curl options passed on to
GET
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")
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