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		Fast Spatial Species Accumulation Curves // High-performance
		spatial species accumulation curves using nearest-neighbor
		algorithms. Implements 'kNN' and 'kNCN' sampling methods with a
		'C++' backend for speed. Supports Hill numbers (q=0,1,2), beta
		diversity partitioning (turnover/nestedness), coverage-based
		rarefaction and extrapolation, phylogenetic diversity (Faith's
		PD, mean pairwise distance, mean nearest taxon distance),
		functional diversity accumulation, diversity-area relationships
		(DAR), endemism-area curves, sampling-effort correction and
		fragmentation analysis, and species-area relationship (SAR)
		models based on extreme value theory (EVT). Multiple starting
		points (seeds) provide uncertainty quantification. Methods are
		described in 'Chao' et al. (2014) doi:10.1890/13-0133.1,
		'Baselga' (2010) doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00490.x, 'Chao'
		and 'Jost' (2012) doi:10.1890/11-1952.1, 'Faith' (1992)
		doi:10.1016/0006-3207(92)91201-3, 'Ma' (2018)
		doi:10.1002/ece3.4526, 'Borda-de-Agua' et al. (2025)
		doi:10.1038/s41467-025-59239-7, 'Hanski' et al. (2013)
		doi:10.1073/pnas.1311190110, and 'Jost' (2007)
		doi:10.1890/06-1736.1.
	</longdescription>
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