Add arthropod life-history traits (NW European Arthropods)

Joins the Northwestern European Arthropod Life Histories dataset to a taxify() result by looking up accepted_name.

Usage

add_arthropod_traits(x, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

x

A data.frame returned by taxify().

verbose

Logical. Default TRUE.

Value

The same data.frame with additional columns:

arthropod_body_size_mm

Body size in mm.

arthropod_dispersal

Dispersal ability (0–1 ratio within order).

arthropod_voltinism

Mean number of generations per year.

arthropod_fecundity

Fecundity (number of eggs/offspring).

arthropod_development_d

Development time in days.

arthropod_lifespan_d

Adult lifespan in days.

arthropod_thermal_mean

Mean thermal niche (degrees C).

arthropod_diurnality

Activity period (diurnal/nocturnal/both).

arthropod_feeding_guild

Feeding guild of adult.

arthropod_trophic_range

Trophic range of adult (specialist/generalist).

Details

Source: Logghe et al. (2025, CC BY-NC). Coverage: ~4.9k arthropod species from NW Europe across 10 orders (Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, Araneae, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, etc.).

References

Logghe A et al. (2025) An in-depth dataset of northwestern European arthropod life histories and ecological traits. Biodiversity Data Journal 13:e146785.

Examples

# Runs offline against the bundled example database.
old <- options(taxify.data_dir = taxify_example_data())

taxify("Abax parallelepipedus", backend = "gbif") |>
  add_arthropod_traits()

options(old)