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## What is this package for?

`redlistr` is a package to assess spatial criteria of the [IUCN Red List of
Ecosystems](https://iucnrle.org/) (RLE) and [IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/) (RLTS). 

The package has functions for calculating three metrics that are useful for different subcriteria of RLE and RLTS. 

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| Metrics  | main `redlistr` function | RLE subcriteria | RLTS subcriteria |
| ------------- | -------------  | -------------  | ------------- | 
| Declines in distribution   | `declineForecast` | A1, A2, A3|  A1c, A2c, A3c, A4c |
| Extent of Occurrence (EOO) | `getEOO` | B1 | B1  |
| Area of Occupancy (AOO) | `getAOO` | B2 | B2, D2 |
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## Input data formats

Functions in this package expect spatial data as input. They should represent a valid estimate of species or ecosystem distribution at one or multiple points in time.

Since version 2.0.0 the `redlistr` functions will accept different formats for the input vector and raster data. The spatial data need to be read in R using functions from external packages, either `sf` or `terra`:
 
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| Data type | Example formats | R package | R class | Example functions |
| ------------- | -------------  | -------------  | ------------- | 
| Vector   | Shapefile, Geopackage, GeoJSON, GDB | [`sf`](https://r-spatial.github.io/sf/) | `sf` |  `sf::read_sf` |
| Vector   | Shapefile, Geopackage, GeoJSON, GDB | [`terra`](https://rspatial.github.io/terra/) | `SpatVect` |  `terra::vect` |
| Raster   | GeoTIFF | [`terra`](https://rspatial.github.io/terra/) | `SpatRast` |  `terra::rast` |
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## Outputs of the functions 

The output of the `redlistr` functions will be R objects with class attributes. There are  `print`, `summary`, and `plot` functions for these classes.

## Using `redlistr`

A simple workflow for using `redlistr` consist of importing and preparing the input data, running the main function and using one of the helper functions to get the main information from the resulting object.

```{r Loading packages, message=FALSE, echo=FALSE, results="hide"}
library(terra)
library(redlistr)
raster_file <- system.file("extdata", "example_distribution_2000.tif", 
                                    package = "redlistr")
```

For example, suppose that the path of the spatial data is in a R character variable names `raster_file` and the data already has a valid Coordinate Reference System in meters. In this case these three lines of code will create the EOO polygon and print the results of the area in square kilometers.

```{r Loading our example distributions}
ecosystem_map <- rast(raster_file)
ecosystem_EOO <- getEOO(ecosystem_map)
summary(ecosystem_EOO)
```

Keep in mind that:

- Preparing the data is often the most time consuming task, and requires some knowledge of geospatial data and external packages (`sf` or `terra`).
- The main functions might require extra parameters, and the values for these might be different for species and ecosystems.
- Combinations of the helper functions are useful to check the validity of the results and summary statistics to use in the assessment. 
- In some applications users might want to repeat assessment over multiple assessment units (different species or ecosystems)

## Elaborated examples

We provide different examples of the use of `redlistr` for risk assessments for ecosystems and species. 

The examples use different types of input data and focus on different subcriteria.

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| Example | Distribution data | Input format | Red list subcriteria |
| ------------- | -------------  | -------------  | ------------- | 
| [Mangroves in Victoria, Australia](redlistr-vignette.html) | Ecosystem distribution in 2000 and 2017 | Raster: GeoTiff | RLE A1, B1 and B2 |
| [Purple Copper butterfly, Australia](https://red-list-ecosystem.github.io/redlistr/articles/species-vignette.html) | Species occurrences | Vector (Points) from biodiversity portal | RLTS B1 and B2 |
| Tropical glaciers, Ecuador (in prep.)| Ecosystem distribution in year 2000 | Vector (Polygons): Geopackage | RLE B1 and B2 |

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