| 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 |
| chaojaccard | Various taxonomic beta diversity indexes |
| chaosorensen | Various taxonomic beta diversity indexes |
| 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 | Normalized Stochasticity Ratio |
| 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 |
| taxo.null | Null models of taxonomic beta diversity |
| tda | Test dataset A |
| tNST | Taxonomic Normalized Stochasticity Ratio (tNST) |