BTsubset_meta {BioTIMEr} | R Documentation |
BioTIME subset metadata
Description
A subset of the metadata from BioTIME
Usage
BTsubset_meta
Format
## 'BTsubset_meta' A data frame with 12 rows and 25 columns:
- STUDY_ID
BioTIME study unique identifier
- REALM
Realm of study location, i.e. Marine
- CLIMATE
Climate of study location, i.e. Temperate
- HABITAT
Habitat of study location, i.e. Rivers
- PROTECTED_AREA
binary variable indicating if the study is within a protected area
- BIOME_MAP
Biome of study location (taken from the WWF biomes, i.e. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- TAXA
High level taxonomic identity of study species, i.e. Fish
- ORGANISMS
More detailed information on taxonomy, i.e. woody plants
- TITLE
Title of study as identified in original source
- AB_BIO
A, B or AB to designate abundance only, biomass only or both
- DATA_POINTS
Number of unique data points in study, e.g. 10 data points spanning 15 years = 10
- START_YEAR
first year of study
- END_YEAR
last year of study
- CENT_LAT
Central latitude taken from the convex hull around all study coordinates
- CENT_LONG
Central longitude taken from the convex hull around all study coordinates
- NUMBER_OF_SPECIES
Number of distinct species in study
- NUMBER_OF_SAMPLES
Number of distinct samples in study
- NUMBER_LAT_LONG
Number of distinct geographic coordinates in study
- TOTAL
Total number of records in study
- GRAIN_SQ_KM
Grain size in km2, i.e. size of forest plots
- AREA_SQ_KM
total area of study in km2
- DATE_STUDY_ADDED
Date that the study was added to the database
- ABUNDANCE_TYPE
Type of abundance, i.e. count
- BIOMASS_TYPE
Type of biomass, i.e. weight
- SAMPLE_DESC
concatenation of descriptors comprising the unique sampling event
Source
<https://biotime.st-andrews.ac.uk/download.php>