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natserv NatureServe R client
NatureServe is a non-profit organization that provides wildlife conservation related data to various groups including the public.
All functions in this package are prefixed with ns_ to
prevent collision with other pkgs.
You no longer need an API key.
See also the taxize book (https://taxize.dev/) for a manual on working with taxonomic data in R, including with NatureServe data.
Stable version from CRAN
install.packages("natserv")Development version
remotes::install_github("ropensci/natserv")library('natserv')ns_search_comb(text = "robin", page = 0, per_page = 5)
#> $results
#> # A tibble: 5 x 14
#> recordType elementGlobalId uniqueId nsxUrl elcode scientificName
#> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 SPECIES 100637 ELEMENT… /Taxo… ABPBJ… Copsychus sau…
#> 2 SPECIES 102323 ELEMENT… /Taxo… ABPBJ… Turdus grayi
#> 3 SPECIES 102179 ELEMENT… /Taxo… ABPBJ… Turdus migrat…
#> 4 SPECIES 105536 ELEMENT… /Taxo… ABPBJ… Turdus migrat…
#> 5 SPECIES 105850 ELEMENT… /Taxo… ABPBJ… Turdus rufopa…
#> # … with 22 more variables: formattedScientificName <chr>,
#> # primaryCommonName <chr>, primaryCommonNameLanguage <chr>,
#> # roundedGRank <chr>, nations <list>, lastModified <chr>,
#> # speciesGlobal$usesaCode <lgl>, $cosewicCode <lgl>, $saraCode <lgl>,
#> # $synonyms <list>, $otherCommonNames <list>, $kingdom <chr>, $phylum <chr>,
#> # $taxclass <chr>, $taxorder <chr>, $family <chr>, $genus <chr>,
#> # $taxonomicComments <chr>, $informalTaxonomy <chr>, $infraspecies <lgl>,
#> # $completeDistribution <lgl>, gRank <chr>
#>
#> $resultsSummary
#> name value
#> 1 page 0
#> 2 recordsPerPage 5
#> 3 totalPages 26
#> 4 totalResults 126
#> 5 species_total 103
#> 6 total 23
#> 7 classes 0
#> 8 subclasses 0
#> 9 formations 0
#> 10 divisions 0
#> 11 macrogroups 1
#> 12 groups 1
#> 13 alliances 3
#> 14 associations 18
#> 15 terrestrialEcologicalSystems 0See the vignette (https://docs.ropensci.org/natserv/articles/natserv.html) for more examples.
natserv in R doing
citation(package = 'natserv')
These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.