Add lizard life-history and ecological traits (Meiri 2018)

Joins lizard trait data from Meiri (2018) to a taxify() result by looking up accepted_name.

Usage

add_lizard_traits(x, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

x

A data.frame returned by taxify().

verbose

Logical. Default TRUE.

Value

The same data.frame with additional columns:

lizard_body_mass_g

Body mass in grams.

lizard_svl_mm

Snout-vent length in mm.

lizard_tail_length_mm

Tail length in mm.

lizard_clutch_size

Clutch size.

lizard_clutch_frequency

Clutches per year.

lizard_longevity_yr

Maximum longevity in years.

lizard_diet

Diet category.

lizard_habitat

Habitat type.

lizard_activity_time

Activity time (diurnal/nocturnal/crepuscular).

lizard_foraging_mode

Foraging mode (sit-and-wait/active).

Details

Source: Meiri (2018, Global Ecology and Biogeography, CC BY 4.0). Coverage: ~6,600 lizard species. Lizards only.

References

Meiri S (2018) Traits of lizards of the world: Variation around a successful evolutionary design. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27:1168-1172.

Examples

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

taxify("Pogona vitticeps", backend = "gbif") |>
  add_lizard_traits()

options(old)