npe_groundcover {neonPlantEcology}

Get ground cover and other variables

Description

Get ground cover and other variables

Usage

npe_groundcover(
  neon_div_object,
  scale = "plot",
  verbose = FALSE,
  pc_na_value = 0.5,
  timescale = "annual"
)

Arguments

neon_div_object

the raw diversity data downloaded using neonPlantEcology::download_plant_div() or the function neonUtilities::loadByProduct() with the dpID arguement set to "DP1.10058.001".

scale

the spatial scale of aggregation. Can be "1m", "10m", "100m", "plot" or "site". default is "plot".

verbose

if true, prints details of which eventID errors were fixed into the console

pc_na_value

sometimes the raw data from neon will have NA's in the percent cover cells. This is assumed to be a data entry error and is set to 0.5 by default.

timescale

The temporal scale of aggregation. Can be "all", "annual" or "subannual" in the case of multiple sampling bouts per year. Defaults to "annual".

Value

a data frame with each row a single observation of ground cover at the spatial and temporal scale chosen by the user.

Examples

data("D14")
groundcover <- npe_groundcover(D14)