iucn_summary. taxize 0.0.3

Usage

iucn_summary(sciname)

Arguments

sciname: character; Scientific name.

Value

A list (for every species one entry) of lists with the following items: statusRed List Category. historyHistory of status. distrGeographic distribution. popPopulation size estimates. trendTrend of population size.

Description

Get a summary from the IUCN Red List (http://www.iucnredlist.org/).

Examples

ia <- iucn_summary(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx"))
ia <- iucn_summary(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx", "aaa"))
Warning message:
Species 'aaa' not found!
 Returning NA!
# extract status
ldply(ia, function(x) x$status)
             .id   V1
1 Panthera uncia   EN
2      Lynx lynx   LC
3            aaa 

laply(ia, function(x) x$status)
[1] "EN" "LC" NA  

ia[['Lynx lynx']]$history
  year        category
1 2002 Near Threatened

ia[['Panthera uncia']]$distr
 [1] "Afghanistan"        "Bhutan"             "China"              "India"             
 [5] "Kazakhstan"         "Kyrgyzstan"         "Mongolia"           "Nepal"             
 [9] "Pakistan"           "Russian Federation" "Tajikistan"         "Uzbekistan"        

ia[[1]]$pop
      [,1]          [,2]          
 [1,] "Afghanistan" " 100-200?"   
 [2,] "Bhutan"      " 100-200?"   
 [3,] "China"       " 2,000-2,500"
 [4,] "India"       "  200-600"   
 [5,] "Kazakhstan"  " 180-200"    
 [6,] "Kyrgyzstan"  " 150-500"    
 [7,] "Mongolia"    " 500-1,000"  
 [8,] "Nepal"       " 300-500"    
 [9,] "Pakistan"    " 200-420"    
[10,] "Russia"      " 150-200"    
[11,] "Tajikistan"  " 180-220"    
[12,] "Uzbekistan"  " 20-50"      

ia[[2]]$trend
[1] "Stable"

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