Add Australian plant traits (AusTraits) — add

Joins species-level plant functional traits to a taxify() result by looking up accepted_name. Values are aggregated from the long-format AusTraits database (numeric traits by median, categorical traits by mode).

Usage

add_austraits(x, cols = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

x: A data.frame returned by taxify().
cols: Which columns to attach: NULL (default) the curated set, "all" every column the source carries, or a character vector of names. See enrichment_cols.
verbose: Logical. Default TRUE.

Value

The same data.frame with additional columns:

austraits_plant_growth_form: Plant growth form.
austraits_life_history: Life history (annual/perennial/...).
austraits_woodiness: Woodiness.
austraits_photosynthetic_pathway: Photosynthetic pathway (C3/C4/CAM).
austraits_dispersal_syndrome: Dispersal syndrome.
austraits_resprouting_capacity: Resprouting capacity (fire response).
austraits_flowering_time: Flowering time.
austraits_plant_height_m: Plant height (m).
austraits_leaf_length_mm: Leaf length (mm).
austraits_leaf_width_mm: Leaf width (mm).
austraits_leaf_area_mm2: Leaf area (mm2).
austraits_leaf_mass_per_area: Leaf mass per area (g/m2; SLA is its reciprocal).
austraits_leaf_n_per_dry_mass: Leaf nitrogen per dry mass (mg/g).
austraits_leaf_p_per_dry_mass: Leaf phosphorus per dry mass (mg/g).
austraits_seed_dry_mass_mg: Seed dry mass (mg).
austraits_wood_density_g_cm3: Wood density (g/cm3).

Details

Source: AusTraits (Falster et al. 2021, Scientific Data, CC BY 4.0). Coverage: ~33k Australian plant taxa.

References

Falster D et al. (2021) AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora. Scientific Data 8:254. doi:10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6

Examples

old <- options(taxify.data_dir = taxify_example_data())

taxify("Eucalyptus globulus", backbone = "gbif") |>
  add_austraits()

options(old)