taxonbridge (version 1.0.5)

download_gbif: Download the GBIF backbone taxonomy

Description

Download the GBIF backbone taxonomy

Usage

download_gbif()

Value

A string containing the path to Taxon.tsv.

Details

This method downloads the GBIF backbone taxonomy archive file to a temporary directory, extracts Taxon.tsv from the downloaded archive file, and then removes the archive file.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
download_gbif()
# }