MultiTraits 0.6.0 (2025-10-01)

New Features and Major Improvements

PTN Module (Plant Trait Network): Functions in the trait network module have been renamed from the TN_ prefix to PTN_ for consistency (e.g., PTN(), PTN_metrics()). Functionality for phylogenetic correction has been added, allowing PTN() and PTN_corr() to account for species’ evolutionary relatedness during analysis.
CSR Module: The module has been expanded with the CSR_hodgson() function, implementing an alternative CSR classification method based on Hodgson et al. (1999).
NPT Module: A discrete classification scheme has been added to the Niche Periodic Table module.
Data: A new phylogenetic tree for the PFF dataset (PFF_tree) has been included to support the new phylogenetic correction capabilities.
Other minor improvements and documentation enhancements have been made across the package.

CSR_plot(): Removed the dependency on the ggtern package (no longer maintained) and implemented plotting using ggplot2 to ensure continued compatibility and improve stability.

Modify the community detection algorithm of the TN_metrics function to cluster_edge_betweenness
Modified TN function to support unweighted networks

Removed deprecated vegan::summary() call in NPT function in favor of direct scores() method

Fixed bug where discrete scales could not map aesthetics only consisting of NAs
Fixed spurious warnings from sec_axis() with breaks = NULL.
Patterns and gradients are now also enabled in geom_sf().
The default behaviour of resolution() has been reverted to pre-3.5.0 behaviour. Whether mapped discrete vectors should be treated as having resolution of 1 is controlled by the new discrete argument.
Fixed bug in guide_bins() and guide_coloursteps() where discrete breaks, such as the levels produced by cut(), were ordered incorrectly.
Fixed calculation issues in CSR module
Resolved NaN errors in TN module
Optimized visualization effects across all modules (CSR, LHS, NPT, TN)
Removed WH dataset
Updated examples across package modules