Get Interaction Matrix. Constructs an interaction matrix indicating whether source taxa (rows) or target taxa (columns) are known to interact with given type.

Get Interaction Matrix. Constructs an interaction matrix indicating whether source taxa (rows) or target taxa (columns) are known to interact with given type.

Usage

get_interaction_matrix(
  source.taxon.names = list("Homo sapiens"),
  target.taxon.names = list("Mammalia"),
  interaction.type = "eats",
  opts = list(),
  read_csv = read_csv_online
)

Arguments

source.taxon.names

list of source taxon names (e.g. list('Mammalia', 'Aves', 'Ariopsis felis'))

target.taxon.names

list of target taxon names

interaction.type

the preferred interaction type (e.g. preysOn)

opts

list of options to configure GloBI API

read_csv

function used to find csv associated to query url, defaulting to online query method

Value

matrix representing species interactions between source and target taxa

See also

Other interactions: get_interaction_types(), get_interactions_by_taxa(), get_interactions_by_type(), get_interactions(), get_predators_of(), get_prey_of()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
get_interaction_matrix("Homo sapiens", "Mammalia", "interactsWith")
}