The BioWorldR
package provides a curated collection of biodiversity and species-related datasets, covering a wide range of taxa including birds, plants, reptiles, turtles, mammals, bees, and marine organisms. By gathering and standardizing these datasets from public repositories and ecological R packages, it enables researchers, educators, and students to easily access well-documented examples for use in biodiversity, ecology, biogeography, and comparative biology.
You can install the BioWorldR
package from CRAN with the following R function:
install.packages("BioWorldR")
After installation, load the package and start exploring and using its functions and datasets.
library(BioWorldR)
Each dataset in BioWorldR
is labeled with a suffix to indicate its structure and type:
-
_df
: A data frame -
_list
: A list -
_tbl_df
: A tibble
These datasets encompass a wide variety of formats and content, including species occurrence records, trait measurements, ecological interactions, population dynamics, and conservation-related information. By centralizing well-documented examples, BioWorldR
simplifies teaching, prototyping, reproducible workflows, and exploratory analyses in the biological sciences.
-
Reptiles_df: This dataset contains the valid names and url addresses for all reptile species cataloged in The Reptile Database
-
Gorillas_df: Chest-beating rates in Gorillas.
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Brain_animals: Brain weight versus body weight of 28 animals
# Load the package
library(BioWorldR)