GetPredictsData {predictsr} | R Documentation |
Read the PREDICTS database into either a dataframe.
Description
This returns the latest complete PREDICTS database extract as a dataframe.
Usage
GetPredictsData(extract = c(2016, 2022))
Arguments
extract |
numeric, year/s corresponding to PREDICTS database releases to
download. Options are 2016 or 2022. Defaults to |
Details
The data were collected as part of the PREDICTS project - Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems, and comprise of two releases. The first was in 2016, and the second in 2022. This function accesses the 2016 and/or 2022 release.
The database is provided as a dataframe, with each row corresponding to a site-level observation, and each column corresponding to a variable describing the site or the observation. The data are provided in a standardised format, with column names that are consistent across the database.
The data are provided under a CC NC (non-commercial) license, which means that they cannot be used for commercial purposes. The 2016 release is available under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, and the 2022 release is available under a CC NC (any) license.
Value
A dataframe containing the v1.1 PREDICTS database extract/s.
Examples
predicts <- GetPredictsData()
predicts_2016 <- GetPredictsData(extract = 2016)