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1. Origins of Icehouse Vegetation in Southern South America: Climate Change and Turnover in Eocene and Oligocene Patagonian Fossil Floras

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Author:
Harris, Gabriella
Title:
Origins of Icehouse Vegetation in Southern South America: Climate Change and Turnover in Eocene and Oligocene Patagonian Fossil Floras
Graduate Program:
Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:
Argentina
Patagonia
Río Pichileufú
Laguna del Hunco
fossil leaves
leaf architecture
Araucaria
Austrocedrus
Oligocene
Eocene
climate change
Araucariaceae
Cupressaceae
conifers
EECO
total evidence phylogeny
rainforest
Gondwana
South America
Adobe Bridge
diversity
turnover
mosaic evolution
paleoecology
morphology
vegetation
paleobotany
seasonality
Splendid Isolation
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Committee Members:
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Mark Patzkowsky, Major Field Member
Peter Wilf, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarah Ivory, Major Field Member
Jesse Lasky, Outside Unit & Field Member

2. Plants, Precipitation, and People in Dhofar, Oman: Dryland Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World

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Open Access
Author:
Horisk, Kaitlyn
Title:
Plants, Precipitation, and People in Dhofar, Oman: Dryland Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World
Graduate Program:
Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:
Paleoecology
climate change
vegetation
Arabia
pastoralism
taxonomic turnover
isotopes
pollen
Agent-based model
File:
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Committee Members:
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Erin DiMaggio, Major Field Member
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Ivory, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joy McCorriston, Special Member
Kate Freeman, Major Field Member