Parent/Child Hierarchy

Parent/Child Hierarchy

parent_level(level, n = 1)

child_level(level, n = 1)

Arguments

level

character. Initial level name of a taxon. Vectors include values that are one of: "order", "suborder", "greatgroup", "subgroup", "family"

n

Number of levels above/below (parent/child). Default: 1

Value

character. Level name of parent or child at specified level above input level.

Examples

parent_level('subgroup')
#> [1] "greatgroup"

child_level('greatgroup')
#> [1] "subgroup"

parent_level('family', 3)
#> [1] "suborder"

# no level above order
parent_level('family', 5)
#> [1] NA