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A toy dataset for use in vignettes and function testing. It contains all the same column names as would be expected for a Breeding Bird survey route dataset downloaded, e.g. from ScienceBase or the Data Retriever (Pardieck et al. 2019). However, the actual data values are simulated data.

Usage

demo_route_raw

Format

A data frame with 1160 rows and 15 variables:

record_id

inherited from data downloaded through the Data Retriever

routedataid

inherited from Pardieck et al. 2018 (as are all following fields). Unique data identification number.

countrynum

inherited. Three-digit numerical code for country. In these data, the toy countrynum is 900.

statenum

inherited. Two-digit numerical code for state, province, or territory. For these data, the toy number is 99.

route

inherited. Three-digit code identifying the route, unique within states. For this dataset, 1.

rpid

inherited. Three-digit run protocol identifier. Here, set to 101.

year

inherited. Four-digit year of the survey.

AOU

inherited. Five-digit species identification number.

count10

inherited. Total individuals of the species recorded on stops 1-10.

count20

inherited. Total individuals of the species recorded on stops 11-20.

count30

inherited. Total individuals of the species recorded on stops 21-30.

count40

inherited. Total individuals of the species recorded on stops 31-40.

count50

inherited. Total individuals of the species recorded on stops 40-50.

stoptotal

inherited. Total number of stops (of 50), where the species was recorded.

speciestotal

inherited. Total individuals of the species recorded across the entire run of the route (sum of stops).

Details

Nearly all column names are inherited from Pardieck et al. (2019) and are further explained in the Files and Fields Definitions document included as part of the Breeding Bird Survey data release.

References

  • Pardieck, K. L., Ziolkowski, D. J., Lutmerding, M., Aponte, V., & Hudson, M.-A. (2019). North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966—2018, version 2018.0. U.S. Geological Survey. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HE8XYJ