Imports: boot, lavaan, MASS, methods, mnormt, nlme, OpenMx, parallel,
Description: Implements methods that are useful in designing research studies and analyzing data, with
an acronym for 'Methods for the Behavioral, Educational, and Social Sciences,' but MBESS became
more general and now contains methods applicable and used in a wide variety of fields and is an
greatly benefited from others, see <https://www3.nd.edu/~kkelley/site/MBESS.html> for a detailed

Title: Spatial Designs for Ecological and Environmental Surveys
Description: Provides spatially balanced designs from a set of (contiguous) potential sampling locations in a study region. Accommodates , without detrimental effects on spatial balance, sites that the researcher wishes to include in the survey for reasons other than the current randomisation (legacy sites).
Imports: mgcv, geometry, randtoolbox, mvtnorm, stats, class
Suggests: fields, graphics, knitr, spsurvey

Description: Provides spatially survey balanced designs using the quasi-random number method described Robinson et al. (2013) <doi:10.1111/biom.12059>. These designs can accommodate, without substantial detrimental effects on spatial balance, legacy sites (Foster et al., 2017 <doi:10.1111/2041-210X.12782>), and for both point samples and transect samples (Foster et al. 2020, <doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13321>).  Additional information about the package use itself is given in Foster (2021) <doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13535>.
Imports: mgcv, geometry, randtoolbox, mvtnorm, stats, class, parallel
Suggests: fields, graphics, knitr, spsurvey, MASS

Description: Provides spatially balanced designs from a set of (contiguous) potential sampling locations in a study region for point-based and for transect-based surveys. Accommodates, without detrimental effects on spatial balance, sites that the researcher wishes to include in the survey for reasons other than the current randomisation (legacy sites).

Imports: mgcv, geometry, randtoolbox, mvtnorm, stats, class, parallel,

Title: (M)ultiple-site (B)iodiversity (I)ndices Calculator
Description: Over 20 multiple-site diversity indices can be calculated.
Later versions will include phylogenetic diversity