Changes in version 0.5.1 (2026-06-01)                  

DOCUMENTATION FIXES

  - Updated the Create_SAR vignette to include: additional information
    about how to interpret segmented regression outputs, how to use
    presence-absence matrices to infer a SAR, and how to use custom
    inputs with find_areas().
      - Updated the Create_SpAR vignette to include: additional
        information about how to interpret segmented regression outputs,
        a short example using estimate_bamm() to estimate speciation
        rates, and a short example using estimate_dr() to estimate
        speciation rates.
      - Updated documentation for create_sar() and create_spar() to
        include clarification about how the user can specify for only a
        linear model to run.

OTHER FIXES

  - Added checkmate verification for using a custom area dataframe with
    find_areas().
      - Added information about fixing island database entries, adding
        methods for estimating speciation rate, and streamlining
        workflows to CONTRIBUTING.md.

                 Changes in version 0.5.0 (2025-09-16)                  

NEW FEATURES

  - The default versions of create_SAR(), create_SpAR(),
    estimate_BAMM(), estimate_DR(), and estimate_MS() are now
    all-lowercase (create_sar(), create_spar(), estimate_bamm(),
    estimate_dr(), and estimate_ms()). The original spellings have been
    added as aliases to the functions (both spellings may be used).

                 Changes in version 0.4.1 (2025-09-11)                  

NEW FEATURES

  - Added a new vignette discussing spatial autocorrelation and how to
    test for it within the ssarp pipeline

DOCUMENTATION FIXES

  - Code and text in the README has been clarified, including fixing an
    error in the example code related to using find_land()
      - All references to the depricated find_land() function have been
        removed from documentation
      - Added better descriptions of the outputs for create_SAR() and
        create_SpAR()

OTHER FIXES

  - New testthat test cases for find_areas() and find_land()

                 Changes in version 0.4.0 (2025-07-19)                  

NEW FEATURES

  - Package name is now ssarp instead of SSARP
      - Added the ssarp::get_richness() function, which creates a
        standard species richness dataframe
      - The ssarp::get_data() and ssarp::get_key() functions have been
        replaced by a helpful vignette describing how to access
        occurrence records using rgbif.
      - Messages across the package can be silenced using
        options(ssarp.silent = TRUE) now
      - A new example file for testing ssarp::estimate_BAMM has been
        added (inst/extdata/event_data_Patton_Anolis.txt)

DOCUMENTATION FIXES

  - All examples run instead of remaining in a \dontrun block
      - More information about using the metadata from plots created
        with ssarp::create_SAR() and ssarp::create_SpAR() has been added
        to their documentation
      - More information about the speciation rate estimation methods in
        ssarp have been added to the ssarp::create_SpAR() documentation

OTHER FIXES

  - New testthat test cases to ensure that calculations are done
    correctly across the package
      - Column names have been standardized across the package
      - Plot printing is now off by default in ssarp::create_SAR() and
        ssarp::create_SpAR()

DEPRECATED FUNCTIONS

  - get_data()
      - get_key()
      - quick_create_SAR()

                 Changes in version 0.3.0 (2025-07-04)                  

NEW FEATURES

  - Changed the names of all functions to "verb_object" structure
      - Two new example files were added to the package:
        Patton_Anolis_Trimmed.tree and SSARP_Example_Dat.csv to allow
        users to run examples involving a phylogenetic tree of Anolis
        and GBIF data for Anolis, respectively
      - Added "get_presence_absence" function, which creates a
        presence-absence matrix when given a dataframe output by
        SSARP::find_areas()

DOCUMENTATION FIXES

  - Function names are now in pkg::function() notation throughout the
    documentation
      - Vignettes have been updated to reflect the new function names
        and example files
      - The majority of examples will now run, instead of remaining in a
        \dontrun block as in 0.2.0

OTHER FIXES

  - @import and @importFrom statements were removed in favor of
    pkg::function() statements across the package

                 Changes in version 0.2.0 (2025-04-29)                  

NEW FEATURES

  - Added NEWS file

DOCUMENTATION FIXES

  - Added badge for status at rOpenSci software peer review to README