TALLO database

Downloads the TALLO database, a global tree allometry and crown architecture database. Over 500,000 data points of individual trees with several measurements

Usage

fd_allometry_tallo(
  country = NULL,
  spatial = FALSE,
  metadata_path = NULL,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

country

a character vector with either ISO2 codes, ISO3 codes or full country names (not mixed) to filter out the data

spatial

logical. Whether to retrieve a tibble or a sf object

metadata_path

a character string of length 1 with the path to store the metadata and bibliography. The default path_metadata = NULL does not download the metadata

quiet

if TRUE, suppress any message or progress bar

Value

a tibble or a sf object

References

Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database. doi:10.1111/gcb.16302

Examples

# \donttest{
## Download full database as tibble
tallo_tbl <- fd_allometry_tallo()
#> ℹ Downloading data...
#> ✔ Downloaded [5.1s]
#> 
#> ℹ Preparing data...
#> ✔ Prepared [9ms]
#> 
#> ✔ Cite this dataset using https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16302

## Download full database as sf
tallo_sf <- fd_allometry_tallo(spatial = TRUE)
#> ℹ Downloading data...
#> ✔ Downloaded [4.9s]
#> 
#> ℹ Preparing data...
#> ✔ Prepared [8ms]
#> 
#> ✔ Cite this dataset using https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16302

## Download data as sf for Czechia and Germany
tallo_cz_ge_sf <- fd_allometry_tallo(country = c("Czechia", "Germany"))
#> ℹ Downloading data...
#> ✔ Downloaded [4.7s]
#> 
#> ℹ Preparing data...
#> ℹ You selected a country, so the function will use `spatial = TRUE` automatically
#> ℹ Preparing data...

#> ✔ Prepared [9ms]
#> 
#> ✔ Cite this dataset using https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16302
# }