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Read trait data from a CSV file or data frame

Source: R/read_traits.R
read_traits.Rd

Loads trait data and sets species names as row names. If a CSV path is supplied, it is read with read.csv. By default, all non-species columns are returned (numeric, factor, integer, etc.). Use trait_cols to select a subset.

Usage

read_traits(
  x,
  species_col = "species",
  trait_cols = NULL,
  factor_cols = NULL,
  ordered_cols = NULL
)

Arguments

x

character path to a CSV file, or a data.frame.

species_col

character. Name of the column containing species names (default "species").

trait_cols

character vector of column names to include. If NULL (default), all columns except species_col are used.

factor_cols

character vector of columns to coerce to factor.

ordered_cols

character vector of columns to coerce to ordered.

Value

A data.frame with species names as row names.

Examples

df <- data.frame(species = c("Sp_a", "Sp_b"), mass = c(10, 20))
traits <- read_traits(df, species_col = "species")