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Extract all data for specific traits

Source: R/extract_trait.R
extract_trait.Rd

Function to subset all data associated with a particular trait from a traits.build relational database.

Usage

extract_trait(database, trait_names, taxon_names)

Arguments

database

traits.build database (list object)

trait_names

character string of trait(s) for which data will be extracted

taxon_names

optional argument, specifying taxa for which data will be extracted

Value

List of tibbles containing all traits.build data and metadata for the specified trait(s).

Details

extract_trait has been developed to extract data for specific traits from databases built using the traits.build workflow. Learn more at: https://github.com/traitecoevo/traits.build & https://github.com/traitecoevo/traits.build-book

Note to AusTraits users:

  • This function works with AusTraits version >= 5.0.0 (from Nov 2023 release)

  • For AusTraits versions <= 4.2.0 (up to Sept 2023 release) see https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits for how to install old versions of the package or download a newer version of the database.

Author

Daniel Falster - daniel.falster@unsw.edu.au

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
extract_trait(database = austraits, trait_names = "wood_density", taxon_names = "Acacia celsa")
} # }