BIEN_stem_sampling_protocol function

Download stem data using a specified sampling protocol.

BIEN_stem_sampling_protocol downloads plot-based stem data using a specified sampling protocol.

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

Arguments

• sampling_protocol: A sampling protocol or vector of sampling protocols. See BIEN_plot_list_sampling_protocols for options.
• cultivated: Return known 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 sampling protocol.

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

Examples

## Not run:

BIEN_stem_sampling_protocol("Point-intercept")
## End(Not run)

See Also

Other stem functions: BIEN_stem_datasource(), BIEN_stem_family(), BIEN_stem_genus(), BIEN_stem_species()