pfw_species {PFW}R Documentation

Filter Project FeederWatch Data by Species

Description

This function filters Project FeederWatch data to include only selected species, with common names or scientific names via the species translation table.

Usage

pfw_species(data, species, suppress_ambiguous = FALSE)

Arguments

data

The Project FeederWatch dataset.

species

A character vector of species names (common, scientific, or six-letter species code).

suppress_ambiguous

(Optional, default = FALSE) TRUE/FALSE on including missing subspecies in the warning. This is just a silencer for the pfw_filter function.

Value

A filtered dataset containing only the selected species.

Examples


# Download/load example dataset
data <- pfw_example

# Filter for only Greater Roadrunner using the common name
data_GRRO <- pfw_species(data, "Greater Roadrunner")

# Filter for Lesser Goldfinch and American Goldfinch using scientific names
data_goldfinches <- pfw_species(data, c("Spinus psaltria", "Spinus tristis"))

# Filter for Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, and Spotted Towhee using species codes
data_masonsyard <- pfw_species(data, c("daejun", "sonspa", "spotow"))

# Filter with a pre-existing species list
species_list <- c("daejun", "sonspa", "spotow")
data_masonsyard <- pfw_species(data, species_list)


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