BIEN_trait_family function

Download trait data for given families.

BIEN_trait_family extracts all trait data for the specified families.

BIEN_trait_family(
  family,
  all.taxonomy = FALSE,
  political.boundaries = FALSE,
  source.citation = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

• family: A single family or a vector of families.
• all.taxonomy: Should full taxonomic information and TNRS output be returned? Default is FALSE.
• political.boundaries: Should political boundary information (country, state, etc.) be returned? Default is FALSE.
• source.citation: Should readable source information be downloaded for each record? Note that BIEN_metadata_citation may be more useful.
• ...: Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Returns

A dataframe of all data matching the specified families.

Examples

## Not run:

BIEN_trait_family("Poaceae")
family_vector<-c("Poaceae","Orchidaceae")
BIEN_trait_family(family_vector)
## End(Not run)

See Also

Other trait functions: BIEN_trait_country(), BIEN_trait_genus(), BIEN_trait_list(), BIEN_trait_mean(), BIEN_trait_species(), BIEN_trait_trait(), BIEN_trait_traitbyfamily(), BIEN_trait_traitbygenus(), BIEN_trait_traitbyspecies(), BIEN_trait_traits_per_species()