Metadata for references available in GIFT

Retrieve the metadata of every reference accessible in GIFT.

Usage

GIFT_references(
  api = "https://gift.uni-goettingen.de/api/extended/",
  GIFT_version = "latest"
)

Arguments

api: character string defining from which API the data will be retrieved.
GIFT_version: character string defining the version of the GIFT database to use. The function retrieves by default the latest stable version. If set to beta, the most up-to-date version which is still subject to changes and edits is used.

Value

A data frame with 14 columns.

Details

Here is what each column refers to:

ref_ID - Identification number of the reference
ref_long - Full reference for the reference
geo_entity_ref - Name of the location
type - What type the source is
subset - What information regarding the status of species is available
taxon_ID - Identification number of the group of taxa available
taxon_name - Name of the group of taxa available
checklist - Is the source a checklist
native_indicated - Whether native status of species is available in the source
natural_indicated - Whether naturalized status of species is available in the source
end_ref - Whether endemism information is available in the source
traits - Whether trait information is available in the source
restricted - Whether the access to this reference is restricted
proc_date - When the source was processed

References

 Denelle, P., Weigelt, P., & Kreft, H. (2023). GIFT—An R package to
 access the Global Inventory of Floras and Traits. Methods in Ecology
 and Evolution, 14, 2738-2748.
 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14213

 Weigelt, P, König, C, Kreft, H. GIFT – A Global Inventory of Floras and
 Traits for macroecology and biogeography. J Biogeogr. 2020; 47: 16– 43.
 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13623

Examples