NST-package             Normalized Stochasticity Ratio
ab.assign               Randomly draw individuals into species
                        according to specified probabilities
beta.g                  Various taxonomic beta diversity indexes
beta.limit              Upper limit of different beta diversity
                        (dissimilarity) indexes
beta.obs.rand           Test data B observed and null beta diversity
bmntd.big               beta mean nearest taxon distance (betaMNTD)
                        from big data
cNST                    Normalized Stochasticity Ratio based on
                        customized metrics and null results
dist.3col               Transform distance matrix to 3-column matrix
match.name              Check and ensure the consistency of IDs in
                        different objects.
nst.boot                Bootstrapping test for ST and NST
nst.panova              Permutational multivariate ANOVA test for ST
                        and NST
null.models             Options of null model algorithms
pNST                    Normalized Stochasticity Ratio based on
                        phylogenetic beta diversity
tNST                    Taxonomic Normalized Stochasticity Ratio (tNST)
taxo.null               Null models of taxonomic beta diversity
tda                     Test dataset A
