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Sampling points where animal surveys were conducted

Source: R/data-sampling_points.R
sampling_points.Rd

Point locations where animal surveys were conducted within the six towns (areas) in Singapore, during two sampling periods. The six towns were Punggol (PG), Queenstown (QT), Tampines (TP), Jurong West (JW), Bishan (BS) and Woodlands (WL).

Usage

data(sampling_points)

Format

Tabular sf object. Each row has a geometry of type POINT.

Source

Development of a Biodiversity Index for Residential Towns using Biodiversity Field Surveys, 2016–2022. Ministry of National Development Research Fund (MNDRF) Grant. Awarded to the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Housing & Development Board.

Details

Points were randomly generated within each town (area), stratified by landcover type (either Urban or Forest). Each sampling period stretched across a year-long duration; some points were sampled in both periods.

See also

  • sampling_areas where these sampling points were generated within.

  • animal_surveys containing information about the surveys conducted at these sampling points.

Examples

head(sampling_points)
#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 4 fields
#> Geometry type: POINT
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: 370417.4 ymin: 149215.1 xmax: 372240.7 ymax: 151033.9
#> Projected CRS: WGS 84 / UTM zone 48N
#>   point_id area period landcover                  geometry
#> 1 BSa11a_P   BS      1     Urban POINT (372055.5 150110.8)
#> 2  BSa13_P   BS      1     Urban POINT (371868.6 150361.7)
#> 3   BSa14a   BS      1     Urban POINT (370417.4 151033.9)
#> 4    BSa1a   BS      1     Urban POINT (371286.2 149324.7)
#> 5     BSa2   BS      1     Urban POINT (372240.7 149215.1)
#> 6 BSa20a_E   BS      1     Urban   POINT (371866.1 150478)