Downloads and processes the Biogeographical Regions dataset (Europe 2016, v1)
from the European Environment Agency.
This function extracts biogeographical region names per reference grid cell
for use in counting species presence across biogeographical regions.
Arguments
- env_file
Character. Path to the environment file containing paths to
data sources. Defaults to .env.
Value
Invisible NULL. Processed data is saved to disk as raster, vector,
and RData files.
Details
Temporal coverage: 2011-2015
Spatial coverage: 28°E to 81°E, 31.27°W to 62°E
CRS: EPSG:3035
file format: shapefile (compressed in zip file)
Requirements: curl (download) and unzip (extraction)