resolveIUCNGeom: Unifies IUCN range records to a single entry for each species

In JCur96/sfe: Adds Useful Tools for Ecologists to the sf Package

Description

resolveIUCNGeom turns IUCN data which has multiple entries for each species into a single record for each species, so that percentage overlaps can be calculated. Internal boundaries are not resolved to preserve information about range fragmentation.

Usage

resolveIUCNGeom(x)

Arguments

x	an object of class sf, sfc or sfg containing IUCN records, where each species has multiple entries.

Value

object output, the IUCN data set, now with a single entry for each species, where the geometry has been unified but internal boundaries have not been resolved, to retain information about range fragmentation.

Examples

TestOut <- resolveIUCNGeom(IUCNForPlot)

JCur96/sfe documentation built on Sept. 2, 2020, 6:02 p.m.