The goal of fgeo.validate is to validate ForestGEO tables. Specifically, it aims to meet these Requirements.
You can install the development version from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("forestgeo/fgeo.validate")This is a basic example which shows you how to solve a common problem:
library(fgeo.validate)
## basic example codeFrom: Lao, Suzanne
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 2:47 PM
To: Lepore, Mauro <[email protected]>; Shameema Jafferjee Esufali ([email protected])
<[email protected]>
Cc: Krizel, Lauren <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Building R stem tables for the upcomming workshop
When making the R stem tables, please note the following comments when determining the status variable.
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DFstatus is exactly the same as the status variable in ViewFullTable.
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The status variable in the R tables is calculated as follows for stems:
| status_in_viewfulltable | status_after_rtbl |
|---|---|
| alive | A |
| dead | D |
| broken below or stem dead | G |
| missing | M |
Also, do the following:
- Give an Rstatus of P -“prior”, if a stem does not appear in the first censuses, i.e. stem is first measured in a later census.
Propagate status == P forward in all censuses until it first appears.
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Propagate the Rstatus D (dead) forward, even if the stem disappears in later censuses.
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G - “gone” - propagate forward (even if stem disappears in later censuses) until the stem is measured again in a later census.
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If a stem was dead in a census, then later found alive, go back and change all the Rstatus ‘D’ to ‘A’.
Stems may go through the following Rstatuses and in this order:
P (prior) -> A (alive) -> G (gone) -> D (dead)
P, G, and/or D may be missing.
Problems that have to be fixed in the Rstatus sequence:
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P should NEVER follow any of the other Rstatuses. It should be the first Rstatus, or not appear at all.
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P should not go directly to G or D, without first going to A.
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D should never be followed by A or G.
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Stems should not start with a G, they should start with P or A. Somemes they start with a D when the site tags and measures dead stems
The folder called “onecensus” contains the data from sites for which I have one census only. You may not need to make R tables for these sites, since the R tables that already exist should be fine. You may still want to make them to compare with those that are on the server.