letsR (version 1.0)

lets.iucncont: Transform IUCN conservation status to continuous values

Description

Transform IUCN conservation status to continuous values from 0 to 5.

Usage

lets.iucncont(x, dd=NA, ne=NA)

Arguments

x

A vector or a matrix containing IUCN codes to be transformed.

dd

The value to be attributed to DD (data-deficient) species, the default option is NA.

ne

The value to be attributed to NE (not-evaluated) species, the default option is NA.

Value

• Returns a vector/matrix with continuos values from 0 to 5.

Details

EX and EW = 5 EN = 4 CR = 3 VU = 2 NT = 1 LC = 0 DD = NA NE = NA

See Also

lets.iucn

Examples

#Vector transformation
status <- sample(c("EN","VU", "NT", "CR", "DD", "LC", "EX"), 30, replace=TRUE)
transV <- lets.iucncont(status)

#matrix transformation
data(IUCN)
transM <- lets.iucncont(iucn)