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vegdata (version 0.9.8)

tv.compRefl: Compare different taxonomical reference lists.

Description

The function checks for different taxon numbers and, or taxon names in two TURBOVEG reference lists.

Usage

tv.compRefl(refl1, refl2, tv_home, check.nr=FALSE, 
   simplify = TRUE, verbose=FALSE, Sink=TRUE, 
   new = FALSE, file="compRefl.txt", ...)

Arguments

refl1

First reference list to compare.

refl2

Second reference list to compare.

tv_home

TURBOVEG installation path. If not specified, guessed by codetv.home

check.nr

Check equality of species numbers.

simplify

normalize taxon names with function taxname.simplify

verbose

Print species names on screen.

Sink

Write text file with differences.

new

Write new combined TURBOVEG reference list.

file

Name of the sink file.

Additional arguments.

References

Jansen, F. and Dengler, J. (2010) Plant names in vegetation databases - a neglected source of bias. Journal of Vegetation Science, 21, 1179-1186.

See Also

tax