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Load regional summary statistics

Source: R/load.R
load_regional_stats.Rd

Load seasonal summary statistics for regions consisting of countries and states/provinces.

Usage

load_regional_stats(species, path = ebirdst_data_dir())

Arguments

species

character; the species to load data for, given as a scientific name, common name or six-letter species code (e.g. "woothr"). The full list of valid species is in the ebirdst_runs data frame included in this package. To download the example dataset, use "yebsap-example".

path

character; directory to download the data to. All downloaded files will be placed in a sub-directory of this directory named for the data version year, e.g. "2020" for the 2020 Status Data Products. Each species' data package will then appear in a directory named with the eBird species code. Defaults to a persistent data directory, which can be found by calling ebirdst_data_dir().

Value

A data frame containing regional summary statistics with columns:

  • species_code: alphanumeric eBird species code.

  • region_type: country for countries or state for states, provinces, or other sub-national regions.

  • region_code: alphanumeric code for the region.

  • region_name: English name of the region.

  • season: name of the season that the summary statistics were calculated for.

  • abundance_mean: mean relative abundance in the region.

  • total_pop_percent: proportion of the seasonal modeled population falling within the region.

  • range_percent_occupied: the proportion of the region occupied by the species during the given season.

  • range_total_percent: the proportion of the species seasonal range falling within the region.

  • range_days_occupation: number of days of the season that the region was occupied by this species.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# download example data if hasn't already been downloaded
ebirdst_download_status("yebsap-example")

# load configuration parameters
regional <- load_regional_stats("yebsap-example")
}