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letsR (version 1.0)

lets.shFilter: Shapefiles filtering

Description

Filter species shapefiles by origin, presence and seasonal type (following IUCN types).

Usage

lets.shFilter(shapes, presence=NULL, origin=NULL, seasonal=NULL)

Arguments

shapes
Object of class SpatialPolygonsDataFrame (see function readShapePoly to open this files).
presence
A vector with the code numbers for the presence type to be maintained.
origin
A vector with the code numbers for the origin type to be maintained.
seasonal
A vector with the code numbers for the seasonal type to be maintained.

Value

  • The result is the shapefile(s) filtered according to the selected types. If the filters remove all polygons, the result will be NULL.

Details

Presence codes: (1) Extant, (2) Probably Extant, (3) Possibly Extant, (4) Possibly Extinct, (5) Extinct (post 1500) & (6) Presence Uncertain. Origin codes: (1) Native, (2) Reintroduced, (3) Introduced, (4) Vagrant & (5) Origin Uncertain. Seasonal codes: (1) Resident, (2) Breeding Season, (3) Non-breeding Season, (4) Passage & (5) Seasonal Occurrence Uncertain. More info in the shapefiles' metadata.

See Also

plot.PresenceAbsence lets.presab lets.presab.birds