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+#' MCSim: A metacommunity simulation package
+#' 
+#' The MCSim package provides functinos necessary for running iterative, lottery-based metacommunity simulations
+#' 
+#' @docType package
+#' @name MCSim
+NULL
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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/package-MCSim.R
+\docType{package}
+\name{MCSim}
+\alias{MCSim}
+\alias{MCSim-package}
+\title{MCSim: A metacommunity simulation package}
+\description{
+The MCSim package provides functinos necessary for running iterative, lottery-based metacommunity simulations
+}
+