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Extract Species Names.

Source: R/metadata_functions.R
list_species.Rd

Retrieves a list of species names from a biodiversity data object ('processed_cube', 'indicator_map' or 'indicator_ts').

Usage

list_species(object)

Arguments

object

A biodiversity data object containing species names, either as a separate vector called species_names or as a column called scientificName.

Value

Either a character vector of species names (if directly available) or a data frame with columns:

  • taxonKey: A unique identifier for each species.

  • scientificName: The scientific name of each species.

Examples

list_species(example_cube_1)
#> # A tibble: 106 × 2
#>    taxonKey scientificName      
#>       <dbl> <chr>               
#>  1  5219833 Micromys minutus    
#>  2  2432439 Myotis daubentonii  
#>  3  2439449 Sicista betulina    
#>  4  5219303 Vulpes lagopus      
#>  5  2437756 Apodemus flavicollis
#>  6  2437760 Apodemus sylvaticus 
#>  7  2437761 Apodemus agrarius   
#>  8  7429082 Mus musculus        
#>  9  5219243 Vulpes vulpes       
#> 10  8211070 Sciurus vulgaris    
#> # ℹ 96 more rows