set_abundance

Note: the information here is not required by the ALA

One of the functions you can use to check your data is set_abundance(). This function aims to check that you have the following:

• individualCount: the number of individuals observed of a particular species

It can also (optionally) can check the following:

• organismQuantity: a description of your individual counts

• organismQuantityType: describes what your organismQuantity is

specifying individualCount

>>> my_dwca.set_abundance(individualCount='number_birds')
>>> my_dwca.occurrences.head()

                             Species  Latitude  Longitude Collection_date  individualCount
0  Eopsaltria (Eopsaltria) australis    -20.29      148.7        3/1/2023                3
1          Symposiachrus trivirgatus    -20.29      148.7        3/1/2023                3
2                Zosterops lateralis    -20.29      148.7        3/1/2023                2
3              Ptilinopus magnificus    -20.29      148.7        3/1/2023                1
4           Pitta (Pitta) versicolor    -20.29      148.7        3/1/2023                3

To learn more about how to use other functions, go to

• set_events

• set_datetime

Optional functions:

• set_locality

Passing Dataset:

• Passing Dataset