Pull trait data from the internet

This function sources a recipe for extracting public trait data.

Usage

pulldata(x = NULL)

Arguments

x: the dataset to source. Leave empty for full list of available datasets.

Value

Makes a raw dataset available in R according to instructions provided by dataset function.

Details

The package 'traitdataform' comes with a collection of recipes for public trait data. These R-scripts

define how to read the file from an online source, i.e. a URL to a txt, xlsx, or a ZIP archive
assigns metadata attributes about authorship, license and original publication
provide parameters for the standardize() function, i.e. a trait thesaurus, mappings and units.

New recipes can be suggested as a pull requrest via the package development page (https://github.com/EcologicalTraitData/traitdataform).

Author

Florian D. Schneider

Examples


# to get a list of all available data within the package 
pulldata() 
#> Please choose a trait dataset to import! the following trait datasets are available: 
#>  	amniota
#>  	amphibio
#>  	arthropodtraits
#>  	carabids
#>  	eltontraits
#>  	heteroptera
#>  	heteroptera_raw
#>  	mammaldiet
#>  	pantheria

# to import a dataset
pulldata("carabids")
#> Direct call to data source failed. Please check internet connectivity and re-load data!
#> The dataset 'carabids' has successfully been downloaded!