metamerge: Add metadata to form data

In nstauffer/dima.tools: Reading, Manipulating, Analyzing, and Visualizing Data from Copies of the Database for Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment (DIMA)

Description

For a given form, combine the form's header and detail data then merge with site, plot, and line data

Usage

metamerge(dima.tables = list(), form = "", minimum = TRUE)

Arguments

dima.tables	A list of data frames. The output from read.dima() can be provided directly as this argument.
form	A string specifying which form to work with. This can either be the form name in the background tables of DIMA or the human version, e.g. "CanopyGap", "Canopy Gap", "LPI", "Line Point Intercept", "Species Richness", etc. This is case insensitive.
minimum	Logical. If TRUE then only the keys and names for the site, plot, and line will be included. Defaults to TRUE

Value

A data frame created by merging tblSites, tblPlots, tblLines, and the header and detail tables for the selected form.

nstauffer/dima.tools documentation built on May 20, 2019, 2:09 p.m.