spplist
= get you some species lists
here’s how i’m thinking about the workflow:
Thoughts?
via the spocc
package
geometry <- "POLYGON((8.98 48.05,15.66 48.05,15.66 45.40,8.98 45.40,8.98 48.05))"
spp_list(geometry = geometry, from = "idigbio", limit = 20)
## <Species list>
## No. Returned: 19
## idigbio: 19
Get a list from many sources
geometry <- "POLYGON((8.98 48.05,15.66 48.05,15.66 45.40,8.98 45.40,8.98 48.05))"
spp_list(geometry = geometry, from = c("idigbio", "inat"), limit = 20)
## <Species list>
## No. Returned: 36
## idigbio: 19
## inat: 17
note how the limit parameter doesn’t necessarily give you the number you request. Rather, that number is the max occurrence records pulled down, and there could be duplicate names.
using rgbif
Search by geometry
geometry <- "POLYGON((8.98 48.05,15.66 48.05,15.66 45.40,8.98 45.40,8.98 48.05))"
spp_list_gbif(geometry = geometry, limit = 20)
## [1] "Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758)" "Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758"
## [3] "Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)" "Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758"
## [5] "Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt." "Phyllostachys Siebold & Zucc."
## [7] "Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)" "Prunus laurocerasus L."
## [9] "Rhus typhina L."
Search by country
(res <- spp_list_gbif(country = 'US', limit = 20))
## [1] "Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801"
## [2] "Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)"
## [3] "Allium triquetrum L."
## [4] "Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)"
## [5] "Catharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811)"
## [6] "Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)"
## [7] "Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850"
## [8] "Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776)"
## [9] "Ilex vomitoria Aiton"
## [10] "Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758)"
## [11] "Liquidambar styraciflua L."
## [12] "Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777)"
## [13] "Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
## [14] "Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810)"
## [15] "Morella cerifera Small"
## [16] "Panicum virgatum L."
## [17] "Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831)"
## [18] "Selaginella galeottii Spring"
## [19] "Spinus pinus (A.Wilson, 1810)"
spplist
in R doing citation(package = 'spplist')