Get occurrence data — GetOccs • SDMWorkflows

This function uses the rgbif package to get occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) API.

Usage

GetOccs(
  Species,
  WriteFile = T,
  continent = NULL,
  country = NULL,
  limit = 10000,
  Log = T,
  ...
)

Arguments

Species: A vector containing the species to query.
WriteFile: Logical. If TRUE, the occurrence data will be written to the Occs folder. If FALSE, the occurrence data will be returned in a list.
continent: what contintent are the occurrences downloaded from
country: character, The 2-letter country code (ISO-3166-1) in which the occurrence was recorded.
limit: maximum number of occurrences downloaded
Log: Logical. If TRUE, a log file will be created with information on the progress of the function.
...: Additional arguments to be passed to the occ_data function.

Value

If WriteFile = TRUE, this function does not return anything. If WriteFile = FALSE, a list containing the occurrence data for each species is returned.

Examples

# Get occurrence data for species in FinalSpeciesList
# \donttest{
Presences <- SDMWorkflows::GetOccs(Species = c("Abies concolor", "Canis lupus"), WriteFile = FALSE)
#> Starting species 1
#> 1 of 2 ready! 2023-05-07 20:15:15.938956
#> Starting species 2
#> 2 of 2 ready! 2023-05-07 20:15:51.201106
# }