To cite the dispRity package (1), the dispRity manual (2), the time-slicing method (3), or the test.metric() procedure (4) please use the respective citations. You can also use the references for specific functions by looking at the function manual.

(1) Guillerme T. dispRity: A modular R package for measuring disparity. Methods Ecol Evol. 2018;00:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13022

(2) Guillerme, T. & Cooper, N. (2018): dispRity manual. figshare. Preprint. 10.6084/m9.figshare.6187337.v1

(3) Guillerme, T. and Cooper, N. (2018), Time for a rethink: time sub-sampling methods in disparity-through-time analyses. Palaeontology, 61: 481-493.<doi:10.1111/pala.12364>

(4) Guillerme T, Puttick MN, Marcy AE, Weisbecker V. (2020), Shifting spaces: Which disparity or dissimilarity measurement best summarize occupancy in multidimensional spaces?. Ecology and evolution. 10(14):7261-75.<doi:10.1002/ece3.6452>

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {dispRity: A modular R package for measuring disparity},
    author = {Thomas Guillerme},
    journal = {Methods in Ecology and Evolution},
    year = {2018},
    volume = {9},
    number = {7},
    pages = {1755-1763},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {dispRity manual},
    author = {Thomas Guillerme and Natalie Cooper},
    journal = {figshare},
    year = {2018},
    volume = {preprint},
    doi = {10.6084/m9.figshare.6187337.v1},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Time for a rethink: time sub-sampling methods in
      disparity-through-time analyses},
    author = {Thomas Guillerme and Natalie Cooper},
    journal = {Paleontology},
    year = {2018},
    volume = {61},
    number = {4},
    pages = {481-493},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Shifting spaces: Which disparity or dissimilarity
      measurement best summarize occupancy in multidimensional
      spaces?},
    author = {Thomas Guillerme and Mark N Puttick and Ariel E Marcy and
      Vera Weisbecker},
    journal = {Ecology and Evolution},
    year = {2020},
    volume = {10},
    number = {14},
    pages = {7261-7275},
  }