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Taxonomic group of species

Source: R/GIFT_taxgroup.R
GIFT_taxgroup.Rd

Assign taxonomic groups of various hierarchical level to species from GIFT (work_ID).

Usage

GIFT_taxgroup(
  work_ID = NULL,
  taxon_lvl = c("family", "order", "higher_lvl")[1],
  return_ID = FALSE,
  GIFT_version = "latest",
  api = "https://gift.uni-goettingen.de/api/extended/",
  taxonomy = NULL,
  species = NULL
)

Arguments

work_ID

A vector defining the IDs of the species to retrieve taxonomic groups for. NULL by default.

taxon_lvl

taxonomic level to retrieve names for. family by default. Check GIFT_taxonomy() for available levels. In addition to the available levels one can put higher_lvl to retrieve the higher level groups "Anthocerotophyta", "Marchantiophyta", "Bryophyta", "Lycopodiophyta", "Monilophyta", "Gymnospermae", and "Angiospermae".

return_ID

logical indicating whether to give back taxon_IDs instead of names.

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.

api

character string defining from which API the data will be retrieved.

taxonomy

option to supply taxonomy object here if loaded already to avoid double loading. For internal use within GIFT functions. If NULL (default) taxonomy will be loaded within this function.

species

option to supply species names object here if loaded already to avoid double loading. For internal use within GIFT functions. If NULL (default) species will be loaded within this function.

Value

A vector with the taxonomic group of the species used as input.

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

See also

GIFT_taxonomy()

Examples

# \donttest{
ex <- GIFT_taxgroup(work_ID = c(1, 4, 7, 8), taxon_lvl = "family")
#> You are asking for the latest stable version of GIFT which is 3.2.
# }