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. Tests each component against two null models: a sampling null model (individuals or replicates reassigned between communities) and a stratified trait-permutation null model, with a single global test when many communities are compared. Functional entities (species with similar traits) help detect replacement among similar species, and species-level leverage identifies the taxa driving functional shifts. Supports both temporal (paired) and spatial (pairwise) comparisons.

Version:	0.5.0
Depends:	R (≥ 2.10)
Imports:	cluster, ggplot2, stats, utils, geometry, withr
Suggests:	knitr, patchwork, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published:	2026-10-17
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: decomposing functional community restructuring (source, R code)

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Package source:	ascent_0.5.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: ascent_0.5.0.zip, r-release: ascent_0.5.0.zip, r-oldrel: ascent_0.5.0.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): ascent_0.5.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): ascent_0.5.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): ascent_0.5.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): ascent_0.5.0.tgz
Old sources:	ascent archive

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