Title: Code to Access Open Access Species Range Maps
Version: 0.0.1
Description: Allows access to a proof-of-concept database containing Open Access species range models and relevant metadata. Access to the database is via both 'PostgreSQL' connection and API https://github.com/EnquistLab/Biendata-Frontend, allowing diverse use-cases.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
Depends: R (≥ 3.2.1), RPostgreSQL
Imports: DBI, sf, httr, jsonlite
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), maps, tidyverse, vcr, ggplot2
VignetteBuilder: knitr
Config/testthat/edition: 3
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2025-01-12 16:30:14 UTC; Brian Maitner
Author: Brian Maitner ORCID iD [aut, cre], Cory Merow [aut], Brad Boyle [aut], Xiao Feng [aut], Rethvick Sriram Yugendra Babu [aut], Brian Enquist [aut]
Maintainer: Brian Maitner <bmaitner@usf.edu>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2025-01-14 13:00:05 UTC

Check that value is character

Description

Helper function to check data format.

Usage

.is_char(x)

Check that value is logical

Description

Helper function to check data format.

Usage

.is_log(x)

Check that value is logical or null

Description

Helper function to check data format.

Usage

.is_log_or_null(x)

Check that value is numeric

Description

Helper function to check data format.

Usage

.is_num(x)

Load range maps for given species using the API.

Description

OpenRange_api_load_species extracts range maps for the specified species.

Usage

OpenRange_api_load_species(species, ...)

Arguments

species

A single species.

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

Range maps for specified species.

Note

Details on the construction of BIEN range maps is available at http://bien.nceas.ucsb.edu/bien/biendata/bien-3/

See Also

Other range functions: OpenRange_api_species(), OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_get_stats(), OpenRange_list_scenarios(), OpenRange_load_species(), OpenRange_sf(), OpenRange_species()

Examples



library(maps) #a convenient source of maps
library(sf)

temp_dir <- file.path(tempdir(), "BIEN_temp")

#Download ranges
Abies_poly <- OpenRange_api_load_species(species = "Abies_amabilis")

#Plotting files
plot(Abies_poly[,1])#plots the range, but doesn't mean much without any reference
map('world', fill = TRUE, col = "grey")#plots a world map (WGS84 projection), in grey
plot(Abies_poly,col="forest green",add=TRUE) #adds the range to the map

#Getting data from the files
Abies_poly |>
 st_drop_geometry()



Download range maps for given species using the API.

Description

OpenRange_api_species downloads range maps for the specified species.

Usage

OpenRange_api_species(species, directory, include_id = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

species

A single species.

directory

Directory that range maps should be saved in.

include_id

Logical. Should the range_id be appended to the file name? Needed to save multiple maps per species.

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

NULL. Called for its side effect of downloading range maps.

Note

Details on the construction of BIEN range maps is available at http://bien.nceas.ucsb.edu/bien/biendata/bien-3/

See Also

Other range functions: OpenRange_api_load_species(), OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_get_stats(), OpenRange_list_scenarios(), OpenRange_load_species(), OpenRange_sf(), OpenRange_species()

Examples



library(OpenRange)
library(maps) #a convenient source of maps
library(sf)
library(ggplot2)


# Create temp directory

temp_dir <- file.path(tempdir(), "BIEN_temp")

#Download ranges

OpenRange_api_species(species = "Abies_amabilis",
                      directory = temp_dir,
                      include_id = TRUE) # saves ranges to a temporary directory

#Reading files

Abies_poly <- st_read(dsn = temp_dir,
                      layer = "Abies_amabilis_117684")

# Get a map to plot on

world <- map("world", plot = FALSE, fill = TRUE)|>
  st_as_sf()

#Plotting files

ggplot(data = world)+
  geom_sf()+
  geom_sf(data = Abies_poly,
          fill="green")+
  coord_sf(xlim = st_bbox(Abies_poly)[c(1,3)],
           ylim = st_bbox(Abies_poly)[c(2,4)]) +
  theme_bw()

#Getting data from the files

Abies_poly |>
  st_drop_geometry()



Download license information

Description

OpenRange_get_license provides information on model licenses.

Usage

OpenRange_get_license(...)

Arguments

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

Data.frame containing information on the license associated with the maps.

See Also

Other range functions: OpenRange_api_load_species(), OpenRange_api_species(), OpenRange_get_stats(), OpenRange_list_scenarios(), OpenRange_load_species(), OpenRange_sf(), OpenRange_species()

Other metadata functions: OpenRange_get_stats(), OpenRange_list_scenarios()

Examples



range_license_info <- OpenRange_get_license()



Download model performance statistics

Description

OpenRange_get_stats provides information on model performance.

Usage

OpenRange_get_stats(...)

Arguments

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

List object containing one data.frame for each of the three modeling frameworks.

See Also

Other range functions: OpenRange_api_load_species(), OpenRange_api_species(), OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_list_scenarios(), OpenRange_load_species(), OpenRange_sf(), OpenRange_species()

Other metadata functions: OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_list_scenarios()

Examples



range_stats <- OpenRange_get_stats()



Download information on available climate change scenarios

Description

OpenRange_list_scenarios provides information on climate scenarios with range projections available.

Usage

OpenRange_list_scenarios(...)

Arguments

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

Data.frame containing climate change scenarios available in BIEN.

Note

Details on the construction of BIEN range maps is available at http://bien.nceas.ucsb.edu/bien/biendata/bien-3/

See Also

Other range functions: OpenRange_api_load_species(), OpenRange_api_species(), OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_get_stats(), OpenRange_load_species(), OpenRange_sf(), OpenRange_species()

Other metadata functions: OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_get_stats()

Examples

## Not run: 

cc_scenarios <- OpenRange_list_scenarios()


## End(Not run)

Load Open Range maps for specified species.

Description

OpenRange_load_species returns spatial data for the specified species.

Usage

OpenRange_load_species(
  species,
  default_only = TRUE,
  projection = 4326,
  scenario = "present",
  ...
)

Arguments

species

A single species or a vector of species.

default_only

Logical. Should only default ranges be included? Default is TRUE.

projection

Numeric. What projection should maps be returned in? 4326 (default) or 3857

scenario

Which climate scenario(s) should be represented by maps? See BIEN_ranges_list_scenarios for options.

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

A SpatialPolygonsDataFrame containing range maps for the specified species.

See Also

Other range functions: OpenRange_api_load_species(), OpenRange_api_species(), OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_get_stats(), OpenRange_list_scenarios(), OpenRange_sf(), OpenRange_species()

Examples


#' 
library(maps)
library(ggplot2)
library(sf)

species_vector <- c("Abies_lasiocarpa","Abies_amabilis")
abies_maps <- OpenRange_load_species(species = species_vector)

# To get all maps for a species, use "default = FALSE".
# Here, this returns maps with different thresholds from the same model
std_all <- OpenRange_load_species(species = "Stellaria debilis",
                                  default_only = FALSE)

#To just get the default map, use "default = TRUE"
std_default <- OpenRange_load_species(species = "Stellaria debilis",
                                      default_only = TRUE)

#get world map

world <- map("world", plot = FALSE, fill = TRUE)|>
  st_as_sf()

#Plotting ranges

ggplot(data = world)+
  geom_sf()+
  geom_sf(data = abies_maps,
          mapping = aes(fill = species),
          alpha=0.5)+
  coord_sf(xlim = st_bbox(abies_maps)[c(1,3)],
           ylim = st_bbox(abies_maps)[c(2,4)]) +
  theme_bw()



Download range maps that intersect a user-supplied sf object.

Description

OpenRange_sf extracts range maps that intersect a specified SpatialPolygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object.

Usage

OpenRange_sf(
  sf,
  directory,
  species.names.only = FALSE,
  return.species.list = TRUE,
  crop.ranges = FALSE,
  include.gid = FALSE,
  projection = 4326,
  scenario = "present",
  default_only = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

sf

An object of class sf

directory

Directory that range maps should be saved in.

species.names.only

Return species names rather than spatial data? Default is FALSE.

return.species.list

Should a species list be returned in addition to downloading range maps? Default is FALSE

crop.ranges

Should the ranges be cropped to the focal area? Default is FALSE.

include.gid

Should the files returned have a unique GID appended to them? This is needed if downloading multiple maps for the same species.

projection

Numeric. What projection should maps be returned in? 4326 (default) or 3857

scenario

Which climate scenario should be represented by maps? See BIEN_ranges_list_scenarios.

default_only

Logical. Should only default ranges be included? Default is TRUE.

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

All range maps that intersect the user-supplied shapefile.

Note

Details on the construction of BIEN range maps is available at https://bien.nceas.ucsb.edu/bien/biendata/bien-3/

See Also

Other range functions: OpenRange_api_load_species(), OpenRange_api_species(), OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_get_stats(), OpenRange_list_scenarios(), OpenRange_load_species(), OpenRange_species()

Examples



saguaro_poly <- OpenRange_load_species("Carnegiea gigantea")

#Create a temp directory
temp_dir <- file.path(tempdir(), "BIEN_temp")

#Get range maps for all species with ranges that overlap the range range of saguaros
OpenRange_sf(sf = saguaro_poly,
           directory = temp_dir)

#Note that this will save many sfs to the directory (or working directory)


Download range maps for given species.

Description

OpenRange_species extracts range maps for the specified species.

Usage

OpenRange_species(
  species,
  directory,
  default_only = TRUE,
  matched = TRUE,
  match_names_only = FALSE,
  include_id = TRUE,
  projection = 4326,
  scenario = "present",
  ...
)

Arguments

species

A single species or a vector of species.

directory

Directory that range maps should be saved in.

default_only

Logical. Should only default ranges be included? Default is TRUE.

matched

Return a list of taxa that were downloaded. Default is TRUE.

match_names_only

Check for range maps for the taxa specified without downloading range maps. Default is FALSE.

include_id

Logical. Should the range_id be appended to the file name? Needed to save multiple maps per species.

projection

Numeric. What projection should maps be returned in? 4326 (default) or 3857

scenario

Which climate scenario should be represented by maps? See BIEN_ranges_list_scenarios.

...

Additional arguments passed to internal functions.

Value

Range maps for specified species.

Note

Details on the construction of BIEN range maps is available at http://bien.nceas.ucsb.edu/bien/biendata/bien-3/

See Also

Other range functions: OpenRange_api_load_species(), OpenRange_api_species(), OpenRange_get_license(), OpenRange_get_stats(), OpenRange_list_scenarios(), OpenRange_load_species(), OpenRange_sf()

Examples



library(maps) #a convenient source of maps
library(sf)

species_vector <- c("Abies_lasiocarpa","Abies_amabilis")

#check whether the species are available
OpenRange_species(species_vector,match_names_only = TRUE)

#Create a temp directory
temp_dir <- file.path(tempdir(), "BIEN_temp")

#Download ranges
OpenRange_species(species = species_vector,
                 directory = temp_dir)#saves ranges to a temporary directory

#Reading files

Abies_poly <- st_read(dsn = temp_dir,
                     layer = "Abies_amabilis_117684")

#Plotting files
plot(Abies_poly[,1])#plots the range, but doesn't mean much without any reference
map('world', fill = TRUE, col = "grey")#plots a world map (WGS84 projection), in grey
plot(Abies_poly,col="forest green",add=TRUE) #adds the range of Abies lasiocarpa to the map

#Getting data from the files
Abies_poly |>
 st_drop_geometry()



Run an SQL query on the OpenRange database.

Description

ranges_sql is an internal function used to submit SQL queries.

Usage

ranges_sql(
  query,
  user = "public_bien",
  password = "bien_public",
  ranges = NULL,
  limit = NULL,
  return.query = FALSE,
  schema = "analytical_db",
  db_name = "vegbien",
  print.query = FALSE
)

Arguments

query

A PostgreSQL query.

user

The username used to access the BIEN database

password

The password associated with the username

ranges

Alternative value to be substituted for "ranges" in queries when not NULL.

limit

A limit on the number of records to be returned. Should be a single number or NULL (the default).

return.query

Should the query used be returned rather than executed? Default is FALSE

schema

An alternative schema to be accessed. Used for testing purposes.

db_name

An alternate database to be used rather than the default, vegbien.

print.query

Should the query used be printed? Default is FALSE

Value

A dataframe returned by the query.