Table of species name equivalencies for Canadian trees

A table containing the different species names used across different sources (e.g., LANDIS-II test parameter files and trait tables, the LandR standard, kNN species biomass layers, etc.). Each column refers to a different source or species naming approach. Presently only containing Canadian native tree species, with name equivalencies coming from:

LANDIS-II test parameter tables (column LANDIStest_names; source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LANDIS-II-Foundation/Extensions-Succession/master/biomass-succession-archive/trunk/tests/v6.0-2.0/species.txt);
LANDIS-II Canada-wide trait table (column LANDIStraits_names; source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dcyr/LANDIS-II_IA_generalUseFiles/master/speciesTraits.csv);
LandR family of SpaDES modules (column LandR_names;
CFS kNN species biomass layers (column KNN_names; source: http://tree.pfc.forestry.ca/kNN-Species.tar);
Canadian Common Attribute Schema for Forest Resource Inventories (column CASFRI_names; source http://www.borealbirds.ca/files/CAS_Document_Final_Mar_2010_ALL_APPENDICES.pdf).

sppEquivalencies_CA

Format

A data.frame with 271 rows and 10 variables:

LANDIS_test: species names from LANDIS-II test parameter table
LANDIS_traits: species names from LANDIS-II traits parameter table
LandR: species names from LandR modules
KNN: species names from kNN datasets
CASFRI: species names from CASFRI database
Latin_full: accepted species latin names as in http://theplantlist.org
EN_generic_short: Short version of species' common names in English
EN_generic_full: Full species common names in English
Leading: Simple common English names used for leading species
Notes: additional notes and information
Boreal: Species present in the Boreal forests of Canada
Type: Whether the species is a deciduous or conifer species
PSP: species name from the module ianmseddy/PSP_Clean
BC_Forestry: the species code adopted by the Government of British Columbia
FuelClass: The fuel class used by the module PredictiveEcology/fireSense

Details

Remaining columns have been filled with some other useful ways to name species (e.g., for plotting).

This table is currently used as the default equivalencies table in LandR SpaDES modules, but can also serve as a template to customize species names equivalencies by the user.