pfw_sitedata {PFW}R Documentation

Merge Site Metadata into Project FeederWatch Data

Description

This function joins habitat and site metadata into Project FeederWatch observation data using the site description file.If the site metadata file is not found, it will be downloaded automatically to the designated path or "data-raw" if no path is selected.

Usage

pfw_sitedata(data, path)

Arguments

data

A Project FeederWatch dataset.

path

File path to the site description .csv from https://feederwatch.org/explore/raw-dataset-requests/. If not specified, defaults to "data-raw/sitedata.csv".

Value

The original dataset with site metadata merged in.

Examples


# Download/loads the example dataset
data <- pfw_example

# Merge site metadata into example observation data
data_sites <- pfw_sitedata(data, "data-raw/site_data.csv")


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