joinQuadData: joinQuadData: compiles quadrat character data

In KateMMiller/forestNETN: Package for importing, joining and querying NETN forest database tables

joinQuadData: compiles quadrat character data

Description

This function compiles the quadrat character data (i.e., Soil, Rock, etc.) into a wide format, so that each quadrat has a column. Notes fields are not compiled in this function. For quadrat-related notes, use the joinQuadNotes() function.

Usage

joinQuadData(
  park = "all",
  from = 2006,
  to = as.numeric(format(Sys.Date(), "%Y")),
  QAQC = FALSE,
  panels = 1:4,
  locType = c("VS", "all"),
  eventType = c("complete", "all"),
  valueType = c("all", "midpoint", "classes"),
  ...
)

Arguments

park	Combine data from all parks or one or more parks at a time. Valid inputs: "all" Includes all parks in the network "ACAD" Acadia NP only "MABI" Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP only "MIMA" Minute Man NHP only "MORR" Morristown NHP only "ROVA" Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS only "SAGA" Saint-Gaudens NHS only "SARA" Saratoga NHP only "WEFA" Weir Farm NHS only
from	Year to start analysis, ranging from 2006 to current year
to	Year to stop analysis, ranging from 2006 to current year
QAQC	Allows you to remove or include QAQC events. FALSE Default. Only returns visits that are not QAQC visits TRUE Returns all visits, including QAQC visits
panels	Allows you to select individual panels from 1 to 4. Default is all 4 panels (1:4). If more than one panel is selected, specify by c(1, 3), for example.
locType	Allows you to only include plots that are part of the GRTS sample design or include all plots, such as deer exclosures "VS" Only include plots that are part of the Vital Signs GRTS sample design "all" Include all plots, such as plots in deer exclosures or test plots.
eventType	Allows you to include only complete sampling events or all sampling events "complete" Default. Only include sampling events for a plot that are complete. "all Include all plot events with a record in tblCOMN.Event, including plots missing most of the data associated with that event (eg ACAD-029.2010). This feature is currently hard-coded in the function.
valueType	Allows you to return cover class midpoints (numeric) or cover class ranges (text) "all" Default. Returns columns for midpoint and cover classes for each quad "midpoint" Default. Returns numeric cover class midpoints, with Pct prefix. "classes" Returns the text cover class definitions, with Txt prefix.
...	Other arguments passed to function.

Value

Returns a dataframe with cover class midpoints for each quadrat and includes guild for each species.

Examples

## Not run: 
importData()
# compile quadrat data cover class midpoints in SARA for all years
SARA_quads <- joinQuadData(park = 'SARA', valueType = 'midpoint')

# compile quadrat data for cycle 3
native_quads <- joinQuadData(from = 2014, to = 2017)

## End(Not run)

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