This is the page for the FRUBASE database, a huge dataset of fleshy fruit traits compiled from bibliographic references and my own work. Data are provided for more than 1000 plant species from all around the world.
Installation:
require("pak") # Using pak as `install_github()` was deprecated in devtools 2.5.0.
pak::pak("pedroj/FRUBASE")
library(frubase)
data(frubase)The full metadata for this dataset can be found in the FRUBASE metadata page.
Additional description is in the FRUBASE web page. The dataset is also available in the DRYAD Digital Repository (please use this link when citing).
Creative Commons License
This work and all other materials under my GitHub repo are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Indexing
This dataset is configured to be indexed by Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI, https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org).