camtrapR (version 0.99.0)

detectionHistory: Species detection histories for occupancy analyses

Description

This function generates species detection histories that can be used in occupancy analyses, e.g. with package unmarked. It generates detection histories in different formats, with adjustable occasion length and occasion start time.

Usage

detectionHistory(recordTable,
 species,
 camOp,
 stationCol = "Station",
 speciesCol = "Species",
 recordDateTimeCol = "DateTimeOriginal",
 recordDateTimeFormat = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
 occasionLength,
 maxNumberDays,
 day1,
 buffer,
 includeEffort = TRUE,
 scaleEffort = FALSE,
 occasionStartTime = 0,
 datesAsOccasionNames = FALSE,
 timeZone,
 writecsv = FALSE,
 outDir
)

Arguments

recordTable

data.frame. the record table created by recordTable

species

character. the species for which to compute the detection history

camOp

The camera operability matrix as created by cameraOperation

stationCol

character. name of the column specifying Station ID in recordTable

speciesCol

character. name of the column specifying species in recordTable

recordDateTimeCol

character. name of the column specifying date and time in recordTable

recordDateTimeFormat

format of column recordDateTimeCol in recordTable

occasionLength

integer. occasion length in days

maxNumberDays

integer. maximum number of trap days per station (optional)

day1

character. When should occasions begin: station setup date ("setup"), first day of survey ("survey"), a specific date (e.g. "2015-12-31")?

buffer

integer. Makes the first occasion begin a number of days after station setup. (optional)

includeEffort

logical. Compute trapping effort (number of active camera trap days per station and occasion)?

scaleEffort

logical. scale and center effort matrix to mean = 0 and sd = 1?

occasionStartTime

integer. time of day (the full hour) at which to begin occasions.

datesAsOccasionNames

If day1 = "survey", occasion names in the detection history will be composed of first and last day of that occasion.

timeZone

character. must be an argument of OlsonNames

writecsv

logical. Should the detection history be saved as a .csv?

outDir

character. Directory into which detection history .csv file is saved

Value

• Depending on the value of includeEffort and scaleEffort, a list with either 1, 2 or 3 elements. The first element is the species detection history. The second is the optional effort matrix and the third contains the effort scaling parameters.
• detection_history
  A species detection matrix
• effort
  A matrix giving the number of active camera trap days per station and occasion (= camera trapping effort). It is only returned if includeEffort = TRUE
• effort_scaling_parameters
  Scaling parameters of the effort matrix. It is only returned if includeEffort and scaleEffort are TRUE

Details

The function computes a species detection matrix, either as a detection-by-date or a detection-by-occasion matrix. day1 defines if each stations detection history will begin on that station's setup day (day1 = "station") or if all station's detection histories have a common origin (the day the first station was set up if day1 = "survey" or a fixed date if, e.g. day1 = "2015-12-31"). If day1 is a date, as.Date must be able to understand it. The most suitable format is " includeEffort controls whether an additional effort matrix is computed or not. This also affects the detection matrices. If includeEffort = FALSE, all occasions in which a station was not set up or malfunctioning (NA or 0 in camOp) will result in NAs in the detection history. If includeEffort = TRUE, the record history will only contain 0 and 1, and no NAs. The effort matrix can then be included in occupancy models as a (continuous) observation covariate to estimate the effect of effort on detection probability. The number of days that are aggregated is controlled by occasionLength. occasionStartTime can be used to make occasions begin another hour than midnight (the default). This may be relevant for nocturnal animals, in which 1 whole night would be considered an occasion. The values of stationCol in recordTable must be matched by the row names of camOp (case-insensitive), otherwise an error is raised. DateTimeFormat defaults to "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", e.g. "2014-09-30 22:59:59". For details on how to specify date and time formats in R see strptime.

Examples

# define image directory
wd_images_ID <- system.file("pictures/sample_images", package = "camtrapR")

# load station information
data(camtraps)

# create camera operation matrix
camop_no_problem <- cameraOperation(CTtable      = camtraps,
                                    stationCol   = "Station",
                                    setupCol     = "Setup_date",
                                    retrievalCol = "Retrieval_date",
                                    hasProblems  = FALSE,
                                    dateFormat   = "%d/%m/%Y"
)


if (Sys.which("exiftool") != ""){        # only run this function if ExifTool is available
recordTableSample <- recordTable(inDir               = wd_images_ID,
                                 IDfrom              = "directory",
                                 minDeltaTime        = 60,  
                                 deltaTimeComparedTo = "lastRecord",
                                 exclude             = "NO_ID"
)
} else {
data(recordTableSample)
}

# compute detection history for a species

# without trapping effort
DetHist1 <- detectionHistory(recordTable         = recordTableSample,
                            camOp                = camop_no_problem,
                            stationCol           = "Station",
                            speciesCol           = "Species",
                            recordDateTimeCol    = "DateTimeOriginal",
                            species              = "VTA",
                            occasionLength       = 7,
                            day1                 = "station",
                            datesAsOccasionNames = FALSE,
                            includeEffort        = FALSE
)

DetHist1

# with effort
DetHist2 <- detectionHistory(recordTable          = recordTableSample,
                             camOp                = camop_no_problem,
                             stationCol           = "Station",
                             speciesCol           = "Species",
                             recordDateTimeCol    = "DateTimeOriginal",
                             species              = "VTA",
                             occasionLength       = 7,
                             day1                 = "station",
                             datesAsOccasionNames = FALSE,
                             includeEffort        = TRUE,
                             scaleEffort          = FALSE
)

DetHist2[[1]]  # detection history
DetHist2[[2]]  # effort