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Joining methodological information to traits table

Source: R/join_.R
join_methods.Rd

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

Usage

join_methods(database, vars = c("methods"))

Arguments

database

traits.build database (list object)

vars

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

Value

traits.build list object, but with additional fields (columns) for the specified variables from the methods 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2023 release) see https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits for how to install old versions of the package or download a newer version of the database.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

(austraits_lite %>% extract_dataset("Falster_2003") %>% join_methods())$traits %>%
  dplyr::select(trait_name, value, methods)
#> # A tibble: 114 × 3
#>    trait_name             value  methods                                        
#>    <chr>                  <chr>  <chr>                                          
#>  1 leaf_area              142    For each individual, architectural information…
#>  2 leaf_inclination_angle 57     For each individual, architectural information…
#>  3 leaf_compoundness      simple expert opinion                                 
#>  4 leaf_area              319    For each individual, architectural information…
#>  5 leaf_inclination_angle 66.1   For each individual, architectural information…
#>  6 leaf_compoundness      simple expert opinion                                 
#>  7 leaf_area              562    For each individual, architectural information…
#>  8 leaf_inclination_angle 71.7   For each individual, architectural information…
#>  9 leaf_compoundness      simple expert opinion                                 
#> 10 leaf_area              1590   For each individual, architectural information…
#> # ℹ 104 more rows