Joins LepTraits 1.0 butterfly life-history and ecological traits to a
taxify() result by looking up accepted_name.
Arguments
- x
A data.frame returned by
taxify().- verbose
Logical. Default
TRUE.
Value
The same data.frame with additional columns:
- wingspan_mm
Wingspan in mm (midpoint of lower and upper bounds).
- voltinism
Number of generations per year.
- diapause_stage
Overwintering/diapause life stage.
- canopy_affinity
Canopy association category.
- edge_affinity
Edge/gap affinity category.
- moisture_affinity
Moisture affinity category.
- disturbance_affinity
Disturbance affinity category.
- n_hostplant_families
Number of host plant families used.
- flight_months
Number of months with adult flight activity.
Details
Source: LepTraits 1.0 (Shirey et al. 2022, CC0). Coverage: ~12.4k butterfly species globally (Papilionoidea).
References
Shirey V et al. (2022) LepTraits 1.0: A globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits. Scientific Data 9:398.
Examples
# Runs offline against the bundled example database.
old <- options(taxify.data_dir = taxify_example_data())
taxify("Vanessa cardui", backend = "gbif") |>
add_leptraits()
options(old)