Consistency in species name

[Rekyt]

I've been trying to download a species list, then getting the traits for the list automatically.
However, there is a naming inconsistency in species names between function that gets you the occurrence/ranges of species, and the functions that gets the trait data.

The former need the species name with an underscore, while the latter need the species name separated by a space:

library("BIEN")
#> Warning: le package 'BIEN' a été compilé avec la version R 4.0.3
#> Le chargement a nécessité le package : RPostgreSQL
#> Warning: le package 'RPostgreSQL' a été compilé avec la version R 4.0.3
#> Le chargement a nécessité le package : DBI
#> Warning: le package 'DBI' a été compilé avec la version R 4.0.3
#> Type vignette("BIEN") or vignette("BIEN_tutorial") to get started
#> 

# Ranges work with species names with underscores and without
# But always return species names *with* underscores
BIEN_ranges_load_species("Arnica_ovata")
#> class       : SpatialPolygonsDataFrame 
#> features    : 1 
#> extent      : -173.2246, -104.9879, 30.87895, 67.90291  (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
#> crs         : +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs 
#> variables   : 1
#> names       :      species 
#> value       : Arnica_ovata
BIEN_ranges_load_species("Arnica ovata")
#> class       : SpatialPolygonsDataFrame 
#> features    : 1 
#> extent      : -173.2246, -104.9879, 30.87895, 67.90291  (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
#> crs         : +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs 
#> variables   : 1
#> names       :      species 
#> value       : Arnica_ovata

# Trait functions need species *without* underscores
BIEN_trait_species("Arnica_ovata")
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
tibble::as_tibble(BIEN_trait_species("Arnica ovata"))
#> # A tibble: 4 x 13
#>   scrubbed_specie~ trait_name trait_value unit  method latitude longitude
#>   <chr>            <chr>      <chr>       <chr> <chr>     <dbl>     <dbl>
#> 1 Arnica ovata     seed mass  1.357       mg    data ~       NA        NA
#> 2 Arnica ovata     whole pla~ Herb        <NA>  Speci~       NA        NA
#> 3 Arnica ovata     seed mass  1.357       mg    data ~       NA        NA
#> 4 Arnica ovata     whole pla~ Herb        <NA>  Speci~       NA        NA
#> # ... with 6 more variables: elevation_m <int>, url_source <chr>,
#> #   project_pi <chr>, project_pi_contact <chr>, access <chr>, id <dbl>

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