Convenience function to make the initial groupMembers animal list

Usage

makeGroupMembers(numGp, currentGroups, candidates, ped, harem, minAge)

numGp: integer value indicating the number of groups that should be formed from the list of IDs. Default is 1.
currentGroups: list of character vectors of IDs of animals currently assigned to the group. Defaults to character(0) assuming no groups are existent.
candidates: character vector of IDs of the animals available for use in the group.
ped: dataframe that is the Pedigree. It contains pedigree information including the IDs listed in candidates.
harem: logical variable when set to TRUE, the formed groups have a single male at least minAge old.
minAge: 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.

Initial groupMembers list