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Merge metadata data frames

Source: R/merge_metadata.R
merge_metadata.Rd

merge_metadata merges metadata data frames from suwo queries.

Usage

merge_metadata(...)

Arguments

...

two or more data frames (each one as a separate entry) referring to the metadata obtained from suwo query functions (`query_x()`).

Value

A single data frame with the data from all input data frames combined and with an additional column named `source` indicating the original data frame from which each row originated.

Details

This function combines metadata from multiple sources (e.g. WikiAves and xeno-canto) into a single data frame for easier analysis and comparison. Each input data frame must be obtained from one of the suwo query functions (e.g., `query_wikiaves()`, `query_xenocanto()`, etc.) with `raw_data = FALSE`.

Author

Marcelo Araya-Salas (marcelo.araya@ucr.ac.cr)

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
 # get metadata from 2 repos
  wa <- query_wikiaves(species = 'Glaucis dohrnii', format =  "sound")
  xc <- query_xenocanto(species = 'Glaucis dohrnii')

  # combine metadata
  merged_mt <- merge_metadata(wa, xc)
} # }