telemetR (version 1.0)

build_residence: Build Continuous Residence Events

Description

Takes a dataframe with telemetry detection data and a single optimum blanking period chosen from the output of opt_mbp(), and groups detections by individual, site, and any supplied grouping variables into residence events. The residence events are created by collecting detections which occur within the selected optimum maximum blanking period from the next detection. This function can be very slow depending on the size of the dataframe.

Usage

build_residence(
  data,
  var_groups,
  var_Id,
  var_datetime,
  var_site,
  opt_mbp,
  time_unit
)

Value

A dataframe of detections which has been condensed into continuous residence events based on the optimum maximum blanking period selected.

Arguments

data

the detection dataframe with columns for sites, tag IDs, datetime, any grouping variables, and the expected ping rate.

var_groups

a single string or vector of strings of the columns which should be used to group animals. Common groupings are species and cohorts.

var_Id

the column name, in quotes, which identifies the individual transmitter/tag/organism identifier.

var_datetime

the column name, in quotes, which identifies the date and time of the detection event. This column should already have been converted to POSIXct format.

var_site

the column name, in quotes, which identifies unique residency sites, these sites should be as distinct as possible, such that it is infrequent that organisms can be detected at two sites at a given time.

opt_mbp

a single optimum blanking period chosen from the output of opt_mbp()

time_unit

the unit of time used by the optimum maximum blanking period, often on the same scale as the ping rate for the transmitter.

Examples

# Build a set of detection events after determining the optimal blanking
# period (e.g. 2500 seconds)
build_residence(data = filtered_detections,
                var_groups = "fish_type",
                var_Id = "Tag_Code",
                var_datetime = "DateTime_Local",
                var_site = "receiver_general_location",
                opt_mbp = 2500,
                time_unit = "secs")