Get taxon information from Neotoma.

Get taxon information from Neotoma.

Usage

get_taxa(taxonid, taxonname, status, taxagroup, ecolgroup)

Arguments

taxonid

Numeric taxon identifier used in Neotoma

taxonname

A character string representing the full or partial name of taxa of interest.

status

The current status of the taxon, one of 'extinct', 'extant', 'all'.

taxagroup

The taxonomic grouping for the taxa. See http://wnapi.neotomadb.org/doc/resources/taxa for the list of approved groupings.

ecolgroup

The ecological group of the taxa. More detailed than taxagroup, can be obtained using get_table("EcolGroupTypes").

Value

Returns a data frame with the following components:

TaxonID

Unique database record identifier for a taxon

TaxonCode

Shorthand notation for a taxon identification

TaxonName

Name of the taxon

Author

Author(s) of the name. Used almost exclusively with beetle taxa

Extinct

True if extinct; false if extant

TaxaGroup

Code for taxa group to which taxon belongs

EcolGroups

Array of ecological group codes to which the taxon belongs

HigherTaxonID

TaxonID of the next higher taxonomic rank

PublicationID

Publication identification number

Notes

Free-form notes or comments about the taxon

References

Neotoma Project Website: http://www.neotomadb.org API Reference: http://wnapi.neotomadb.org/doc/resources/contacts

Author

Simon J. Goring simon.j.goring@gmail.com

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
## Return all species taxa with "Abies" in name - note wildcard
taxa <- get_taxa(taxonname = "Abies*")
} # }