Parse Scientific Names

Parse scientific names using 'gnparser' (< https://github.com/gnames/gnparser>), written in Go. 'gnparser' parses scientific names into their component parts; it utilizes a Parsing Expression Grammar specifically for scientific names.

A High-Performance Local Taxonomic Database Interface

Creates a local database of many commonly used taxonomic authorities and provides functions that can quickly query this data.

Client for the Open Citations Corpus

Client for the Open Citations Corpus (< http://opencitations.net/>). Includes a set of functions for getting one identifier type from another, as well as getting references and citations for a given identifier.

Parse Darwin Core Files

Parse and create Darwin Core (< http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/>) Simple and Archives. Functionality includes reading and parsing all the files in a Darwin Core Archive, including the datasets and metadata; read and parse simple Darwin Core files; and validation of Darwin Core Archives.

Visualize Species Occurrence Data

Utilities for visualizing species occurrence data. Includes functions to visualize occurrence data from 'spocc', 'rgbif', and other packages. Mapping options included for base R plots, 'ggplot2', 'leaflet' and 'GitHub' 'gists'.

Client for 'Citoid'

Client for 'Citoid' (< https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Citoid>), an API for getting citations for various scholarly work identifiers found on 'Wikipedia'.

Parse 'NOAA' Integrated Surface Data Files

Tools for parsing 'NOAA' Integrated Surface Data ('ISD') files, described at < https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isd>. Data includes for example, wind speed and direction, temperature, cloud data, sea level pressure, and more. Includes data from approximately 35,000 stations worldwide, though best coverage is in North America/Europe/Australia. Data is stored as variable length ASCII character strings, with most fields optional. Included are tools for parsing entire files, or individual lines of data.

Control How Many Times Conditions are Thrown

Provides ability to control how many times in function calls conditions are thrown (shown to the user). Includes control of warnings and messages.

Fetch 'Phylogenies' from Many Sources

Includes methods for fetching 'phylogenies' from a variety of sources, including the 'Phylomatic' web service (< http://phylodiversity.net/phylomatic/>), and 'Phylocom' (< https://github.com/phylocom/phylocom/>).

Interface to the 'Biodiversity' 'Heritage' Library

Interface to 'Biodiversity' 'Heritage' Library ('BHL') (< https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/>) API (< https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/docs/api3.html>). 'BHL' is a repository of 'digitized' literature on 'biodiversity' studies, including 'floras', research papers, and more.