traits
R client for various sources of species trait data.
Docs: https://docs.ropensci.org/traits/
What is a trait? A "trait" for the purposes of this package is broadly defined as an aspect of a species that can be described or measured, such as physical traits (size, length, height, color), behavioral traits (running speed, etc.), and even variables that make up the niche of the species (e.g., habitat).
Included in traits with the associated function prefix or function name:
| Souce | Function prefix | Link |
|---|---|---|
| BETYdb | betydb_ |
https://www.betydb.org/ |
| NCBI | ncbi_ |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ |
| Encylopedia of Life | traitbank_ |
https://github.com/EOL/eol_website/blob/master/doc/api.md |
| Birdlife International | birdlife_ |
https://www.birdlife.org/ |
| LEDA Traitbase | leda_ |
|
| Zanne et al. plant dataset | tr_zanne |
|
| Amniote life history dataset | tr_ernest |
Talk to us on the issues page (https://github.com/ropensci/traits/issues) if you know of a source of traits data with an API, and we'll see about including it.
Installation
Stable CRAN version
install.packages("traits")Or development version from GitHub
remotes::install_github("ropensci/traits")library("traits")
library("dplyr")Contributors
- Scott Chamberlain
- Zachary Foster
- Ignasi Bartomeus
- David LeBauer
- David Harris
- Chris Black
- Rupert Collins
Meta
- Please report any issues or bugs.
- License: MIT
- Get citation information for
traitsin R doingcitation(package = 'traits') - Please note that this package is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.
