Protocol and R script for assembling a quality-controlled occurrence dataset

This occurrence data assembly and cleaning protocol was put together for the Legume Occurrences Working Group (https://www.legumedata.org/working-groups/occurrences/).

The two most important files are 'Protocol for assembling occurrence datasets.docx', which explains the rationale behind the data download and cleaning processes, and 'GBIF quality control protocol.R', which provides step-by-step R functions to assemble a cleaned occurrence dataset. The R script is primarily written for data downloaded from GBIF, but with some minor tweaks will also work on data from other sources.

If you use this protocol or script for a publication, it would be appreciated if you could cite the paper that provided the first version of this script, Ringelberg et al. 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13089).