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In adamdsmith/MABM: Functions for the USFWS Region 4's Mobile Acoustical Bat Monitoring (MABM) Program

MABM 0.5.4

• remove plyr dependency
• output csv file for MABM database import is now exported to more convenient location for DR

MABM 0.5.3

• MABM_route now offers the options of:
  • plotting the route (by internally calling plot_MABM_route; see plot argument
  • overwriting previously created output; see overwrite argument
• Addressed a few rare issues related to the format of the GPS text file, including multiple starts/stops within the file (#6) and multiple nights (#7).
• Fix bug that reset time elapsed since start of route if the survey spanned midnight.
• Changed bat icons (#8) that display in plot_MABM_route(); they're much prettier now. :)
• When calling MABM_route, changed order of file selection. BCID classification file is now selected first and gps.txt in same directory is used by default, if found. If not, user is prompted to select appropriate GPS file. (#9)
• Changed from tcltk to utils for dialog boxes as the tcltk boxes sometimes got 'trapped' in the background (#5)

MABM 0.5.2

• Added argument mult_folder to scrub_noise to accommodate typically different file structure between single night and multiple nights of recording, see ?scrub_noise.

MABM 0.5.1

• Changed function passive_scrub to scrub_noise as it works generally with data collected from mobile, active, or passive recording.

MABM 0.5

• Added function (passive_scrub) use the classification output from Bat Call Identification (BCID) software to scrub suspected noise files into a new subdirectory. This function can accomodated multiple nights of recording in the BCID output. (#4)

MABM 0.4.1

• Allow specification of custom route_name argument in MABM_route.

MABM 0.4

• Add function id_compare to facilitate the comparison of bat call classification between EchoClass and BCID software. (#3)

MABM 0.3

• Add option in MABM_route to scrub Anabat call files identified as noise by BCID (based on user paramters) into a separate directory. (#1)

MABM 0.2

• Large overhaul of functionality of plot_MABM_route.

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