birdring (version 1.0)

read.euring2000: Reads EURING data into R

Description

Reads EURING data (format EURING exchange code 2000) into R and creates a data.frame

Usage

read.euring2000(filename)

Arguments

filename

character string of the data file obtained from EURING (format: exchange code 2000)

Value

• A data.frame containing the following variables from the EURING 2000 code: rll{ scheme Factor ringing scheme (code) id.method Factor identification method ring Factor ring number ring.verif character verification of the metal ring metal.ring.info character metal ring information marks.info character other marks information spec.byringer character species + subsp., mentioned by person spec.byscheme character species + subsp., concluded by scheme manipulated character manipulated moved character moved before the (re)capture/recovery catching.method character catching method catching.lures character catching lures sex.byringer character sex, by the person who handled the bird sex.byscheme character sex, as concluded by scheme age.byringer character age, by the person who handled the bird age.byscheme character age, as concluded by scheme status character status broodsize character broodsize pullus.age character pullus age pullus.age.acc character accuracy of pullus age day numeric day of record, derived from date month numeric month of record, derived from date year numeric year of record, derived from date date.acc character accuracy of date time character time place.code character place code country character country derived from place code region character region (county) derived from place code lat numeric latitude in decimal coordinates lon numeric longitude in decimal coordinates coord.acc character accuracy of coordinates condition character condition circumstances character finding circumstances circumstances.presumed character finding circumstances presumed euring.codeid character EURING-code identifier distance numeric distance to place of ringing (km) direction numeric direction to place of ringing (km) time.elapsed numeric time since ringing (days) }

References

Speek et al. 2007: The EURING exchange-code 2000. www.euring.org

Examples

filename <- system.file("extdata", "RBShrike2000.TXT", package = "birdring")
dat <-  read.euring2000(filename)
str(dat)