This new #rstats pkg to interact with the World Checklist of Vascular Plants @KewScience looks very useful
matildabrown.github.io/rWCVP
For example, to quickly get a distribution map of any plant species, genus, family..
The distribution map is a ggplot, and the distribution an sf object, so these are fully editable
This info can be used e.g. to refine occurrence data downloaded from @GBIF
Check out the vignette: matildabrown.github.io/rWCVP/articles…
@frod_san @KewScience Thanks for sharing! It's a very nice package, but do you know if we can get only the points or the polygon of the native range of a given species with it? Not just the countries or regions where species is present.
@Erik_Welk @matildajmbrown @KewScience Yeah there are discrepancies in the distributions between WCVP & GIFT (GIFT looks perhaps more detailed?)
These are WCVP & GIFT maps for Laurus nobilis
@tristanubaldi @KewScience Both WCVP and GIFT distinguish native vs non-native regions, see example below twitter.com/frod_san/statu…
@frod_san @KewScience Thanks for sharing, and thrilled that you're finding it useful! The accompanying paper will be out shortly - I'll add a couple more details where relevant in the thread. 😊
@matildajmbrown You're welcome, and thanks for your work! Many people are finding it useful :)