Forms and fills list of animals groups based on provided constraints
fillGroupMembers(
candidates,
currentGroups,
kin,
ped,
harem,
minAge,
numGp,
sexRatio
)character vector of IDs of the animals available for use in the group.
list of character vectors of IDs of animals currently assigned to the group. Defaults to character(0) assuming no groups are existent.
list of animals and those animals who are related above a threshold value.
dataframe that is the `Pedigree`. It contains pedigree
information including the IDs listed in candidates.
logical variable when set to TRUE, the formed groups
have a single male at least minAge old.
integer value indicating the minimum age to consider in group formation. Pairwise kinships involving an animal of this age or younger will be ignored. Default is 1 year.
integer value indicating the number of groups that should be formed from the list of IDs. Default is 1.
numeric value indicating the ratio of females to males x (from 0.5 to 20 by increments of 0.5 within the accompanying Shiny application. A sex ratio of 0 ignores sex in making up groups.
A list of animal groups and their member animals