A subset of the metadata from BioTIME
BTsubset_meta## `BTsubset_meta` A data frame with 12 rows and 25 columns:
BioTIME study unique identifier
Realm of study location, i.e. Marine
Climate of study location, i.e. Temperate
Habitat of study location, i.e. Rivers
binary variable indicating if the study is within a protected area
Biome of study location (taken from the WWF biomes, i.e. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
High level taxonomic identity of study species, i.e. Fish
More detailed information on taxonomy, i.e. woody plants
Title of study as identified in original source
A, B or AB to designate abundance only, biomass only or both
Number of unique data points in study, e.g. 10 data points spanning 15 years = 10
first year of study
last year of study
Central latitude taken from the convex hull around all study coordinates
Central longitude taken from the convex hull around all study coordinates
Number of distinct species in study
Number of distinct samples in study
Number of distinct geographic coordinates in study
Total number of records in study
Grain size in km2, i.e. size of forest plots
total area of study in km2
Date that the study was added to the database
Type of abundance, i.e. count
Type of biomass, i.e. weight
concatenation of descriptors comprising the unique sampling event
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