robis

R client for the OBIS API

Installation

# CRAN
install.packages("robis")

# latest development version
install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("iobis/robis")

Occurrence

Get occurrences by scientific name:

records <- occurrence("Abra alba")

Get occurrences by AphiaID:

records <- occurrence(taxonid = 141433)

Get occurrences by geometry:

records <- occurrence("Abra alba", geometry = "POLYGON ((2.59689 51.16772, 2.62436 51.14059, 2.76066 51.19225, 2.73216 51.20946, 2.59689 51.16772))")

Plot occurrences on a Leaflet or ggplot2 map:

map_leaflet(records)
map_ggplot(records)

Checklist

Get a checklist for a taxonomic group:

taxa <- checklist("Semelidae")

Get a checklist for a region:

taxa <- checklist(geometry = "POLYGON ((2.59689 51.16772, 2.62436 51.14059, 2.76066 51.19225, 2.73216 51.20946, 2.59689 51.16772))")