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Get all chronograms from Open Tree of Life database using direct call from Open Tree API

Usage

get_opentree_chronograms(max_tree_count = "all")

get_otol_chronograms(max_tree_count = "all")

Arguments

max_tree_count

Default to "all", it gets all available chronograms. For testing purposes, a numeric value indicating the max number of trees to be cached.

Value

A list of 4 elements:

authors

A list of lists of author names of the original studies that published chronograms currently stored in the Open Tree of Life database.

curators

A list of lists of curator names that uploaded chronograms to the Open Tree of Life database.

studies

A list of study identifiers from original studies that published chronograms currently stored in the Open Tree of Life database.

trees

A multiPhylo object storing the chronograms from Open Tree of Life database.

update

A character vector indicating the time when the database object was last updated.

version

A character vector indicating the datelife package version when the object was last updated.