Package index • traits.use

Accessing and exploring the database

load_database(): Load any traits.build database into R console
database_cache_dir() list_cached_databases() clear_database_cache(): Manage the folder where downloaded databases are kept
austraits_lite: A small subset of AusTraits, for examples
get_compiled_by_traits.build(): Retrieve compiled by information from metadata table
get_references(): List the references a database cites
get_traits_table(): Retrieve traits table if user passes traits.build object.
summarise_database(): Summarise counts for a particular variable of interest
lookup_context_property(): Look up context properties
lookup_location_property(): Look up location properties
lookup_trait(): Look up a particular trait term
`$`(<traits_build_sources>) `$<-`(<traits_build_sources>) `[`(<traits_build_sources>) c(<traits_build_sources>): Look up references in a database's sources by key

join_context_properties(): Joining context properties to traits table
join_contributors(): Joining data contributor metadata to traits table
join_identifiers(): Joining identifiers to traits table
join_location_coordinates(): Joining location coordinates to traits table
join_location_properties(): Joining location properties to traits table
join_methods(): Joining methodological information to traits table
join_sources(): Joining references to traits table
join_taxa(): Joining taxonomy to traits table
join_taxonomic_updates(): Joining taxonomic updates information to traits table

trait_pivot_longer() deprecated: Pivot wide format traits table into long format
trait_pivot_wider(): Pivot long format traits table into wide format
join_context_properties(): Joining context properties to traits table
join_contributors(): Joining data contributor metadata to traits table
join_identifiers(): Joining identifiers to traits table
join_location_coordinates(): Joining location coordinates to traits table
join_location_properties(): Joining location properties to traits table
join_methods(): Joining methodological information to traits table
join_sources(): Joining references to traits table
join_taxa(): Joining taxonomy to traits table
join_taxonomic_updates(): Joining taxonomic updates information to traits table
bind_trait_values(): Bind trait values
separate_trait_values(): Separate bounded trait values

as_wide_table(): Create a single wide table from a traits.build data object
flatten_database(): Create combined traits.build table
bind_databases(): Bind multiple traits.build data objects into a single data object

Plot site or variance distributions

plot_categorical_trait_distribution(): Plot the distribution of a categorical trait by family
plot_locations(): Produce location maps of trait values
plot_site_locations() deprecated: Produce location maps of trait values
plot_trait_distribution(): Plot the distribution of a trait
plot_trait_distribution_jitter(): Plot the distribution of a numeric trait by group

convert_df_to_list(): Convert dataframe to list
convert_list_to_df1(): Convert list with single entries to dataframe
convert_list_to_df2(): Convert list of lists to dataframe
print(<traits.build>): Generic for outputting a nice summary for traits.build databases