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This function retrieves and combines survey entry observations with design information and serves as the beginning of the estimation pipeline. The next step would be to format the data, which is the output of sight_prep_data() and sight_prep_data_id().

Usage

sight_read_data(
  species,
  survey_type,
  analysis_unit,
  bio_year,
  filter_species = TRUE,
  filter_survey_type = TRUE
)

sight_read_data_id(species_id, survey_type_id, analysis_unit_id, bio_year)

Arguments

species

The name of the species to filter by.

survey_type

A vector of survey type names to filter by.

analysis_unit

A vector of analysis unit names to filter by.

bio_year

the biological year the survey was conducted in, for example the winter of 2022-2023 would be 2022

filter_species

logical, if FALSE species is only used for lookup context and not passed as a filter (default TRUE)

filter_survey_type

logical, if FALSE survey_type is only used for lookup context and not passed as a filter (default TRUE)

species_id

The ID of the species to filter by.

survey_type_id

The ID of the survey type to filter by.

analysis_unit_id

The ID of the analysis unit to filter by.

Value

A tibble combining entry observations with design information. Key columns:

entry_id

Integer. Unique identifier for the observation.

survey_id, design_id

Integer. Survey and design identifiers.

species_id, species

Species identifier and name.

survey_type_id

Integer. Survey type identifier.

bio_year

Integer. Biological year.

analysis_unit_id, analysis_unit

Analysis unit identifier and name.

management_unit_id, management_unit

Management unit (GMU) identifier and name.

subunit_id, subunit

Subunit identifier and name.

stratum_id, stratum

Stratum identifier and name.

is_selected, is_surveyed

Logical. Whether subunit was selected/surveyed.

total, males, females, youngs, unclass

Integer. Count columns.

activity

Character. Animal activity (e.g., "Moving", "Bedded"). May be NA for zero-count observations.

vegetation_type

Character. Vegetation classification. May be NA.

snow_percentage, screen_percentage

Integer. Covariate percentages (0-100).

metadata

List column. Nested tibble with additional observation attributes.

latitude, longitude

Numeric. Observation coordinates. NA for zero counts.

See also

lkup_species_id(), lkup_survey_type_id(), lkup_dau_id() for converting names to IDs. For data formatted appropriately to fit a model see sight_prep_data() and sight_prep_data_id() which include additional processing.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
sight_read_data(
  species = "Mule Deer",
  survey_type = "Sightability",
  analysis_unit = "North Converse 755",
  bio_year = 2024
)

sight_read_data_id(
  species_id = lkup_species_id("Mule Deer"),
  survey_type_id = lkup_survey_type_id(
    "Sightability",
    species_name = "Mule Deer"
   ),
  analysis_unit_id = lkup_dau_id(
   "North Converse 755",
   species_name = "Mule Deer"
  ),
  bio_year = 2024
)
} # }