Version 2.0.5
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DOCUMENTATION

* Added references to Hallett et al. (2016) and Avolio et al. (2019) to DESCRIPTION and README

BUG FIXES

* Resolved silent error (no longer silent in R 4.1) from failure to use output
  of `match.arg` (#122).

Version 2.0.4
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BUG FIXES

* Adapt to R 4.0 breaking change for string to factor conversion (PR # 118)

Version 2.0.3
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BUG FIXES

* Allow multivariate_ and abundance_difference to use `reference.treatment` with pooling.
* Eliminate superfluous treatment.var argument.
* Return NA for inconclusive multivariate_change and _difference results (see also vegandevs/vegan#306).

Version 2.0.2
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BUG FIXES

* use codyn::Evar rather than codyn::EQ in RAC_difference
* fixes for breaking change in testthat (PR #111)

Version 2.0.1
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DOCUMENTATION

* use `@inheritParams` to reduce redundancy

BUG FIXES

* elminate unverifiable centroid calculation in vegan::betadisper ([#306](https://github.com/vegandevs/vegan/issues/306))
* better error message (#108)
* fix handling of Null arguments (#95)

Version 2.0.0
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NEW FUNCTIONS

* community_structure: Calculates richness and evenness (using specified metric) for a replicate
* community_diversity: Calculates diversity (using specified metric) for a replicate
* RAC_change: Calculates changes in species richness, evenness, species' ranks, gain, and losses for a replicate over time
* abundance_change: For each species in a replicate, calculates changes in abundance over time
* curve_change: Calculates changes in the shape of the RAC curve for each replicate over time
* multivariate_change: Calculates changes in community composition and dispersion over time
* RAC_difference: Calculates differences in species richness, evenness, species' ranks, shared species between paired samples at a single point in time
* abundance_difference: Calculates differences in abundance for each species in paired samples at a single point in time
* curve_difference: Calculates differences in the shape of the RAC between paired samples at a single point in time
* multivariate_difference: Calculates differences in community composition and dispersion of all replicates between treatments at a single point in time

BUG FIXES

Previous warnings have been changed to errors.

Version 1.1.0
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NEW FEATURES

* Add S3 class for cyclic_shift *#66)
* add an alias for `temporal_torus_translation` (#65)

BUG FIXES

* selectively import from stats and assertthat (#64)
* adjustments to coding consistency (#63)
* import 'stats' and 'permute' package methods (#69)
* Improved function and parameter names

Version 1.0.1
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BUG FIXES

* Fixed bug to ensure data frames are ordered before unlisting (#58)
* Fixed bug in temporal_torus_translation to correctly recognize numeric data (#59)
* Fixed bug in synchrony (Gross) with only 1 spp in a plot (#60)
* Fixed bug in calculating variance ratio if species counts are constant (#61)

Version 1.0.0
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NEW FEATURES

* Initial version (see help topic for 'codyn', e.g. "?codyn")
* Includes functions for temporal community dynamics analysis

NEW FUNCTIONS

* turnover: Calculates species turnover between time periods
* mean_rank_shift: Calculates the mean relative change in species rank abundances 
* rate_change: Calculates the rate change in a community over time
* rate_change_interval: Produces a data frame containing differences in species composition between samples at increasing time intervals
* community_stability: Calculates community stability over time
* variance_ratio: Computes the ratio of the variance of aggregate species abundances in a community
* synchrony: Calculates the degree synchrony in species abundances
* temporal_torus_translation: Calculates a null test statistic using a temporal modification of the torus translation
* temporal_torus_translation_CI: Returns confidence intervals calculated from a temporal modification of the torus translation