Filter the eBird data by protocol

Filter to just data collected following a specific search protocol: stationary, traveling, or casual. This function only defines the filter and, once all filters have been defined, auk_filter() should be used to call AWK and perform the filtering.

auk_protocol(x, protocol)

Arguments

x

auk_ebd or auk_sampling object; reference to file created by auk_ebd() or auk_sampling().

protocol

character. Many protocols exist in the database, however, the most commonly used are:

• Stationary

• Traveling

• Area

• Incidental

A complete list of valid protocols is contained within the vector valid_protocols within this package. Multiple protocols are allowed at the same time.

Value

An auk_ebd object.

Details

This function can also work with on an auk_sampling object if the user only wishes to filter the sampling event data.

See also

Other filter: auk_bbox(), auk_bcr(), auk_breeding(), auk_complete(), auk_country(), auk_county(), auk_date(), auk_distance(), auk_duration(), auk_exotic(), auk_extent(), auk_filter(), auk_last_edited(), auk_observer(), auk_project(), auk_species(), auk_state(), auk_time(), auk_year()

Examples

system.file("extdata/ebd-sample.txt", package = "auk") |>
  auk_ebd() |>
  auk_protocol("Stationary")
#> Input 
#>   EBD: /private/var/folders/wf/957fnnnd127fsdkxc1dtmc2m0000gp/T/RtmpjQJky9/temp_libpath13dd03da20d76/auk/extdata/ebd-sample.txt 
#> 
#> Output 
#>   Filters not executed
#> 
#> Filters 
#>   Species: all
#>   Countries: all
#>   States: all
#>   Counties: all
#>   BCRs: all
#>   Bounding box: full extent
#>   Years: all
#>   Date: all
#>   Start time: all
#>   Last edited date: all
#>   Protocol: Stationary
#>   Project code: all
#>   Duration: all
#>   Distance travelled: all
#>   Records with breeding codes only: no
#>   Exotic Codes: all
#>   Complete checklists only: no
  
# alternatively, without pipes
ebd <- auk_ebd(system.file("extdata/ebd-sample.txt", package = "auk"))
auk_protocol(ebd, "Stationary")
#> Input 
#>   EBD: /private/var/folders/wf/957fnnnd127fsdkxc1dtmc2m0000gp/T/RtmpjQJky9/temp_libpath13dd03da20d76/auk/extdata/ebd-sample.txt 
#> 
#> Output 
#>   Filters not executed
#> 
#> Filters 
#>   Species: all
#>   Countries: all
#>   States: all
#>   Counties: all
#>   BCRs: all
#>   Bounding box: full extent
#>   Years: all
#>   Date: all
#>   Start time: all
#>   Last edited date: all
#>   Protocol: Stationary
#>   Project code: all
#>   Duration: all
#>   Distance travelled: all
#>   Records with breeding codes only: no
#>   Exotic Codes: all
#>   Complete checklists only: no