Changelog • WildLift

Paper describing the package accepted in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Added CITATION file and updated DESCRIPTION.
App documentation updated with links to the paper and its supplement.

Updated demography parameters.

Added multiple levers (augmentation, predator/prey).
Restructured the user interface.
Added predator/prey options to conservation breeding.
wildlift_linear is now exported (forecasting linear feature effects).

Added breed.early argument to wildlift_breeding which allows females in the facility to reproduce at a younger age.

Package name changed to WildLift.
Manuscript describing the package and app submitted.

This version is the 0.3.0 release candidate.
km/km^2 linear feature density and cost calculation updated.
Output costs are in $ millions (CAD 2020).
Mariana added to authors list.
No linear feature option is still affected by % early seral.
Added Dockerfile for isolated testing purposes.

Added run_app function to run Shiny apps locally.
Checked all inputs (demography, costs) and calculations.

App: default percent females penned is now 35%.
Costs updated, number of pens now based on females only and not the total.
Added costs to conservation breeding option (demography is same as for predator exclosure).

Fixes to the app:
- sliders rounded demogr rates to 2 digits but some were pre set to 3 digits, now using 0.001 steps
- percent was used instead of proportion in breakeven calculation that gave error, fixed
- predator tab used mat pen defaults when before demogr sliders were rendered, fixed

Added COMPLIANCE.yaml and updated .Rbuildignore.

Added transportation related mortality to captive breeding.

Added captive breeding component (#5).
Objects now store call for easier updating.

User interface for wolf reduction is finalized.
File download issue fixed.

caribou_forecast gained new argument fpen.inds to specify number of penned females, can be a vector representing subsequent years (#3).
Three new herds added to maternity penning, and also for a new treatment type for wolf reduction (argument pen.type = "wolf.red"). (#4).

1st production release.

Modified Moose reduction tab.

Added initial functionality to the package.