Select a Specific Species Column — select

This function selects a specific species column from a dataset while retaining key site and location information.

Usage

select_species(data, species_name)

Arguments

data: A data frame containing species data in wide format.
species_name: A character string representing the scientific name of the species.

Value

A data frame with the selected species column and key metadata columns (site, year, obs_date, latitude, longitude).

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Example dataset
invsp_wide <- data.frame(
    site = c("1001", "1002"),
    year = c(2020, 2021),
    obs_date = as.Date(c("2020-06-15", "2021-07-20")),
    latitude = c(54.12, 54.45),
    longitude = c(-113.5, -114.2),
    ranunculus_acris = c(1, 0)
)

# Selecting a species
selected_species_df <- select_species(invsp_wide, "Ranunculus acris")

# View result
print(selected_species_df)
} # }