biodiversity_intactness_index_resource {mapme.biodiversity} | R Documentation |
Biodiversity Intactness Index
Description
The variable is the modelled average abundance of originally-present species, relative to their abundance in an intact ecosystem. Please refer to Newbold et al. (2016) for all details, and please cite it when using these data.
Usage
get_biodiversity_intactness_index(path = NULL)
Arguments
path |
A character vector to the biodiversity intactness index ASCII file. |
Details
To use this data in mapme workflows, you will have to manually download the global data set and point towards the file path on your local machine. Please find the available data under the source link given below.
Value
A function that returns an sf
footprints object.
References
Tim Newbold; Lawrence Hudson; Andy Arnell; Sara Contu et al. (2016). Global map of the Biodiversity Intactness Index, from Newbold et al. (2016) Science [Data set]. Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/0009936