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Data Verification & Quality Control

Functions for verifying, cleaning, and standardizing taxonomic names using authoritative databases and verification services.

gna_verifier_pq()
Verify (and fix) scientific names (Genus species) of a phyloseq object.

Add data from external sources

Core functions to retrieve and integrate taxonomic information from various external databases and APIs.

Custom csv file

tax_info_pq()
Get information from a custom csv file using taxonomic names present in a phyloseq object

GBIF occurences data

tax_gbif_occur_pq()
Get number of occurrences for each taxa of a phyloseq object
tax_gbif_alt()
Get altitude range statistics for each taxa from GBIF

Globi interactions data

tax_globi_pq()
Get biotic interactions for taxa present in a phyloseq object using rglobi

Open Alex scientific publications data

tax_oa_pq()
Get scientific works about taxa present in a phyloseq object

Wikipedia & Knowledge Base Integration

Functions to access Wikipedia, Wikidata, and other knowledge bases for taxonomic information, page statistics, and content analysis.

tax_get_wk_info_pq()
Retrieve information about taxa from wikipedia
tax_get_wk_lang()
Retrieve the wikipedia pages for a given Wikidata taxon identifier
tax_get_wk_pages_info()
Retrieve information about wikipedia pages for a given taxon id

Fungal guilds and traits (FungalTraits + FUNGuild)

fungal_traits_guilds()
Add FungalTraits and FUNGuild information to a phyloseq object

Other sources

tax_iucn_code_pq()
Get iucn conservation status through gbif
tax_spores_size_pq()
Extract spore size from mycoDB
extract_spores_mycodb()
Extract spore size from mycoDB for a single species

Data checking using external informations

Functions for validating, checking, and cross-referencing taxonomic names.

Using taxa occurence in gbif

tax_occur_check()
Taxa occurrences check within a radius using GBIF data
tax_occur_check_pq()
Check for taxa occurrences within a radius around samples using GBIF data
tax_occur_multi_check_pq()
Check for taxa occurrences within a radius around multiple samples using GBIF data
tax_check_ecoregion()
Check if a GPS point is within an ecoregion where the species is present

Using sequences from NCBI

tax_retroblast_pq()
Verify taxonomic assignment using BLAST against NCBI nucleotide database

Geographic Analysis & Distribution

Tools for analyzing geographic distributions, biogeographic ranges, and creating distribution maps from occurrence data.

range_bioreg_pq() plot_range_bioreg_pq()
Get and plot the range of taxa within a bioregion using gbif.range package
plot_tax_gbif_pq()
Plot the taxa occurrence using gbif.range package
calculate_bbox()
Calculate Bounding Box Around a Point

Media & Photography

Functions to retrieve and manage taxonomic images, photographs, and other media content.

tax_photos_pq()
Find photos of taxa from GBIF or Wikitaxa

Data Selection & Filtering

Utilities for selecting, filtering, and manipulating taxonomic data within phyloseq objects.

select_taxa_pq()
Select taxa in a phyloseq object based on names in a given column of the tax_table
taxonomic_rank_to_taxnames()
Extract taxonomic names from a phyloseq object

Analyses and Cluster using taxonomic names

Functions for analyzing genetic distances among taxa with the same taxonomic names and clustering into species bound cluster (SBC).

intra_taxnames_dist()
Compute intra-taxanames distances for each taxa names
cluster_sbc()
Create Species-Bound Clusters using SWARM algorithm

Utility Functions

Helper functions for package management, data validation, and ggplot2 themes.

check_package()
Check package availability and propose installation instructions
taxa_summary_text()
Text summary for a taxonomic rank
idest_colors()
IdEst colors for ggplot theme_idest
idest_pal
IdEst color palettes
scale_color_idest_c()
IdEst continuous color scales for ggplot2
scale_color_idest_d()
IdEst discrete color scales for ggplot2
scale_fill_idest_c()
IdEst continuous fill scales for ggplot2
scale_fill_idest_d()
IdEst discrete fill scales for ggplot2
theme_idest()
ggplot theme for IdEst

Package Information

Package documentation and metadata.

taxinfo-package
taxinfo package