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Joining taxonomic updates information to traits table

Source: R/join_.R
join_taxonomic_updates.Rd

Function to merge metadata from the taxonomic_updates table of a traits.build database into the core traits table.

Usage

join_taxonomic_updates(database, vars = c("aligned_name"))

Arguments

database

traits.build database (list object)

vars

Columns from the taxa table to be joined to the traits table, defaulting to c("aligned_name").

Value

traits.build list object, but with additional fields (columns) for the specified variables from the taxonomic_updates table appended to the traits table.

Details

the join_ functions have been developed to join relational tables for 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2023 release) see https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits for how to install old versions of the package or download a newer version of the database.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
#Append taxonomic update details
(database %>% join_taxonomic_updates)$traits
} # }