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Trait metadata

Source: R/GIFT_traits_meta.R
GIFT_traits_meta.Rd

Retrieve metadata of the functional traits coming from GIFT.

Usage

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

Arguments

api

Character string corresponding to the API.

GIFT_version

character string defining the version of the GIFT database to use. The function retrieves by default the most up-to-date version.

Value

A data frame with 10 columns.

Details

Here is what each column refers to:

Lvl1 - First level of the trait classification
Category - Name of the first level of classification
Lvl2 - Second level of the trait classification
Trait1 - Name of the second level of classification
Lvl3 - Identification number of the trait
Trait2 - Trait name
Units - Trait unit
type - Trait type
comment - Comment
count - How many entries for that traits are in the database

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_traits()

Examples

# \donttest{
ex <- GIFT_traits_meta()
#> You are asking for the latest stable version of GIFT which is 3.2.
# }