BIEN_plot_name function

Download plot data by plot name.

Download plot data by plot name.

BIEN_plot_name downloads all plot data for a set of plot names.

BIEN_plot_name( plot.name, cultivated = FALSE, new.world = NULL, all.taxonomy = FALSE, native.status = FALSE, natives.only = TRUE, political.boundaries = FALSE, collection.info = FALSE, all.metadata = FALSE, ... )

Arguments

  • plot.name: A plot name or vector of names. See BIEN_plot_metadata for more information on plots.
  • cultivated: Return cultivated records as well? Default is FALSE.
  • new.world: NULL (The default) returns global records, TRUE returns only New World, and FALSE only Old World.
  • all.taxonomy: Return all taxonomic information? This includes the raw data as well as the "scrubbed" data.
  • native.status: Return information on introduction status? The default value is FALSE. A value of TRUE also returns additional information on introduction status.
  • natives.only: Exclude detected introduced species? Default is TRUE.
  • political.boundaries: Return information on political boundaries for an observation? The default value is FALSE.
  • collection.info: Return additional information about collection and identification? The default value is FALSE.
  • all.metadata: Should additional plot metadata be returned? Default is FALSE.
  • ...: Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Returns

A dataframe containing all data from the specified plot(s).

Note

US FIA coordinates have been fuzzed and swapped, for more details see: https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/tools-data/spatial/Policy/index.php

Plot names can be looked up with BIEN_plot_metadata.

Examples

## Not run: BIEN_plot_name("SR-1") ## End(Not run)

See Also

Other plot functions: BIEN_plot_country(), BIEN_plot_dataset(), BIEN_plot_datasource(), BIEN_plot_list_datasource(), BIEN_plot_list_sampling_protocols(), BIEN_plot_metadata(), BIEN_plot_sampling_protocol(), BIEN_plot_sf(), BIEN_plot_state()

  • Maintainer: Brian Maitner
  • License: MIT + file LICENSE
  • Last published: 2025-01-31

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