Ignorance scores are a proxy for the lack of sampling effort, computed by making the number of observations relative to a reference number of observations that is considered to be enough to reduce the ignorance score by half (henceforth the Half-ignorance approach). The algorithm behind the Ignorance Score is designed for comparison of bias and gaps in primary biodiversity data across taxonomy, time and space
exposeIgnorance(nObs, nSpp = NULL, h = 1)
nObs | an object of any class (mainly resulting from |
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nSpp | the number of unique species observed |
h | the half ignorance parameter value. |
a data.frame
with ignorance scores
Ruete (2015) <doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e5361>
# \donttest{ OB <- organizeBirds(bombusObsShort, sppCol = "scientificName", simplifySppName = TRUE) grid <- makeGrid(searchPolygon, gridSize = 10) SB <- summariseBirds(OB, grid=grid) ignorance <- exposeIgnorance(nObs=SB$spatial$nObs) # }