PrepareDataset: Rewrite the dataset into a usable format.

In fschirr/VirSysMon: Virtual Systematic Monitoring

Description

PrepareDataset rewrites the dataset to make it useable for the Sampling function of this package. The function comibines the different columns and creates a new dataset. If there are now data from a column the Column will be filled with zeros.

Usage

PrepareDataset(data, plot, num.of.individuals, species, x.coord, y.coord,
  visit.year, visit.month, visit.day, habitat)

Arguments

data	The input dataset.
plot	Position of the row which contains the plot or cell IDs
num.of.individuals	Position of the row which contains the number of individuals
species	Position of the row which contains the species names
x.coord	Position of the row which contains the x coordinates
y.coord	Position of the row which contains the y coordinates
visit.year	Position of the row which contains the year date
visit.month	Position of the row which contains the month
visit.day	Position of the row which contains the day
habitat	The habitat of the plot

Value

A data frame with a least 10 rows Which are in an certain order.

fschirr/VirSysMon documentation built on May 16, 2019, 3:34 p.m.