BIEN_trait_traitbygenus function

Download trait data for given genus/genera and trait(s).

BIEN_trait_traitbygenus extracts entries that contain the specified genus/genera and trait(s).

BIEN_trait_traitbygenus(
  genus,
  trait,
  all.taxonomy = FALSE,
  political.boundaries = FALSE,
  source.citation = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

• genus: A single genus or a vector of genera.
• trait: A single trait or a vector of traits.
• 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 trait(s) and genus/genera.

Note

Trait spelling needs to be exact and case-sensitive, see BIEN_trait_list for a list of traits.

Examples

## Not run:

BIEN_trait_traitbygenus(trait = "whole plant height", genus = "Carex")
trait_vector<-c("whole plant height", "leaf area")
genus_vector<-c("Carex","Betula")
BIEN_trait_traitbygenus(trait=trait_vector,genus=genus_vector)
## End(Not run)

See Also

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