italic_ecoregions_distribution {ritalic} | R Documentation |
Get distribution of lichen taxa across Italian ecoregions
Description
Returns the distribution and commonness status of lichen taxa across Italian ecoregions. Only accepts names that exist in the database of ITALIC.
Usage
italic_ecoregions_distribution(sp_names, result_data = "rarity")
Arguments
sp_names |
Character vector of accepted names |
result_data |
Character string specifying the output format: "rarity" (default) returns commonness/rarity categories, "presence-absence" returns only values for presence/absence (0/1) |
Value
A data frame with:
- scientific_name
The scientific name provided as input
- alpine
Status in alpine belt (extremely common to absent)
- subalpine
Status in subalpine belt (extremely common to absent)
- oromediterranean
Status in oromediterranean belt (extremely common to absent)
- montane
Status in montane belt (extremely common to absent)
- dry_submediterranean
Status in dry submediterranean belt (extremely common to absent)
- padanian
Status in padanian belt (extremely common to absent)
- humid_submediterranean
Status in humid submediterranean belt (extremely common to absent)
- humid_mediterranean
Status in humid mediterranean belt (extremely common to absent)
- dry_mediterranean
Status in dry mediterranean belt (extremely common to absent)
The possible values of commonness/rarity are: "extremely common", "very common", "common", "rather common", "rather rare", "rare", "very rare", "extremely rare", "absent"
Note
Before using this function with a list of names, first obtain their accepted names
using italic_match()
.
Example workflow:
names_matched <- italic_match(your_names) ecoregions_distribution <- italic_ecoregions_distribution(names_matched$accepted_name)
References
For more information about Italian ecoregions see ITALIC ecoregions distribution https://italic.units.it/?procedure=base&t=59&c=60#commonness and the scientific publication describing the ecoregions https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/8/294
Examples
## Not run:
# Get commonness/rarity categories
italic_ecoregions_distribution("Cetraria ericetorum Opiz")
# Get presence/absence data
italic_ecoregions_distribution("Cetraria ericetorum Opiz", result_data="presence-absence")
## End(Not run)