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The principal technique used in this investigation was a Principal Components-based time series analysis (TSA). Using a set of 240 monthly composite multi-band AVHRR images for Morocco, a 20-year time series of monthly NDVI images was analyzed to understand the environmental dyn…

I examine links between catastrophic events, climate variability, and biotic modulation on evolution at the ecosystem-level of orbitally-paced Early Mesozoic Pangean great lakes. One of the largest controls on the diversity of taxa within ecosystems is mass extinction. High-reso…

Forests play a central role in global biogeochemical cycling by storing carbon (C) and retaining nutrients. Yet, we have limited understanding of how shifts in forest composition (owing to global environmental changes) will affect ecosystem functioning. A long history of researc…