austraits allow users to access, explore and wrangle data from the
AusTraits database in R. This package includes several functions such
as filtering and pivoting the dataset that we expect will come in handy.
For R users, access and manipulation of the data is assisted with
the austraits package
For Python or other users, the Zenodo download includes a .zip file containing all the data in plain text (.csv files) and associated meta-data
The package is not on CRAN yet and is still under active development.
For the current stable release of austraits, which has full
capabilities of the functions used in vignettes (e.g. plotting
functions), use:
#install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("traitecoevo/austraits", dependencies = TRUE, upgrade = "ask")
library(austraits) Otherwise, for a lightweight installation where dependencies for plotting and the vignettes will not be installed, use:
remotes::install_github("traitecoevo/austraits", upgrade = "ask")In our website, we have also included information about the structure
of the
database,
definitions of the
traits
and some
tutorials
that uses our functions as well as some tidyverse functions to create
some commonly used data output formats. We highly recommend starting
here before jumping into the database!
If you prefer to view the vignettes in R, we recommend installing the
package with build_vignettes = TRUE.
remotes::install_github("traitecoevo/austraits",
dependencies = TRUE, upgrade = "ask",
build_vignettes = TRUE)
vignette("austraits")Please consider citing austraits, we would super appreciate it!
citation("austraits")
#>
#> To cite austraits in publications use:
#>
#> Falster, D., Gallagher, R., Wenk, E.H. et al. AusTraits, a curated
#> plant trait database for the Australian flora. Sci Data 8, 254
#> (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6
#>
#> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
#>
#> @Article{,
#> title = {AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora},
#> author = {Daniel Falster and Rachael Gallagher and Elizabeth Wenk et al.},
#> journal = {Scientific Data},
#> year = {2021},
#> volume = {8},
#> number = {1},
#> pages = {254 - 274},
#> url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6},
#> }Check out austraits.build, if you are interested in how AusTraits the database is managed and created
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