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ascent: Multi-Layer Decomposition of Functional Community Restructuring

Implements the 'ASC-CFD' (Assemblage Shift Characterization - Community Functional Dynamics) framework for decomposing functional community restructuring into positional (centroid displacement), dispersive (functional dispersion), and boundary (convex hull volume) components. Provides hierarchical null models (structural, quantitative, identity) to evaluate statistical significance and species-level leverage analysis to identify taxa driving functional shifts. Supports both temporal (paired) and spatial (pairwise) comparisons.

Version: 0.1.1
Imports: cluster, ggplot2, stats, utils, vegan, geometry
Suggests: knitr, patchwork, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-07-30
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.ascent
Author: Rogelio R. Muñoz-Li [aut, cre], Flavia Alvarez-Denis [aut]
Maintainer: Rogelio R. Muñoz-Li <munozrogelio16 at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/V3ndetta96/ascent/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/V3ndetta96/ascent
NeedsCompilation: no
Citation: ascent citation info
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: ascent results

Documentation:

Reference manual: ascent.html , ascent.pdf
Vignettes: ascent: A multi-layer framework for decomposing functional community restructuring into positional, dispersive and boundary components under hierarchical null models. (source, R code)

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Package source: ascent_0.1.1.tar.gz
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