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Species lookup

Source: R/species_define.R
species_lookup.Rd

Given either AOU or scientific name, looks up a species' taxonomic information and mean and standard deviation of body size in sd_table.

Usage

species_lookup(AOU = NA_integer_, scientific_name = NA_character_)

Arguments

AOU

the numeric AOU code used for this species in the Breeding Bird Survey

scientific_name

the species' scientific name, as "Genus species"

Value

data frame with columns AOU, genus, species, mean_mass, mean_sd, contains_estimates, scientific_name

Examples

species_lookup(AOU = 2881)
#>     AOU  genus species mean_mass mean_sd contains_estimates scientific_name
#> 51 2881 Perdix  perdix     405.5      31              FALSE   Perdix perdix
species_lookup(scientific_name = "Selasphorus calliope")
#>      AOU       genus  species mean_mass   mean_sd contains_estimates
#> 163 4360 Selasphorus calliope      2.65 0.1818394               TRUE
#>          scientific_name
#> 163 Selasphorus calliope