Create buffer around occurrences — buffer_sdm • caretSDM

Create buffer around records in occ_data to be used as study area

Usage

buffer_sdm(occ_data, size = NULL, crs = NULL, mcp = FALSE)

Arguments

occ_data: A data.frame object with species, decimalLongitude and decimalLatitude columns. Usually the output from GBIF_data.
size: numeric. The distance between the record and the margin of the buffer (i.e. buffer radius).
crs: numeric. Indicates which EPSG it the occ_data in.
mcp: boolean. Should the buffer be applied in each record (FALSE) or in a minimum convex polygon/convex hull (TRUE)? Standard is FALSE.

Value

A sf buffer around occ_data records.

See also

Author

Luíz Fernando Esser (luizesser@gmail.com) https://luizfesser.wordpress.com

Examples

# Create sdm_area object:
study_area <- buffer_sdm(occ, size=50000, crs=6933)
plot(study_area)