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Publications

See my recent publications, for a full list check my Google Scholar page

Interpretable and predictive models based on high-dimensional data in ecology and evolution

We compare the performance of several varieties of sparse modeling techniques on data sets with high dimensionality to determine when sparse methods achieve predictive accuracy while mitigating overfitting.

Collaborative consortia can boost postdoctoral workforce development

We advocate for collaborative postdoctoral consortia to address the need for better collaborative skills for postdocs, and as a way to mitigate barriers to diversity, and disenchantment

When and where we can expect to see early warning signals in multispecies systems approaching tipping points: insights from theory

We present a theory of directionality in early warning signals (EWS), that we use to find general rules for maximizing EWS detection in ecological communities. We find that for two-species competitive and mutualistic systems, one should generally monitor the species experiencing smaller intraspecific effects to maximize EWS performance, while in consumer-resource systems, one should monitor the species imposing the smaller interspecific effects. 

An analysis of the spatial association between deforestation and agricultural field sizes in the tropics and subtropics

We use a map of global cropland field size and combine it with maps of forest loss to show that the spatial patterns of actors behind deforestation are related to small holders in Asia and Africa and large holders in Australia and the Americas which could help target conservation and sustainable land-use strategies across regions.

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