Evaluating the effectiveness of the Mantel test and Procrustes randomization test for exploratory ecological similarity among paleocommunities

FL Forcino, KA Ritterbush, ES Stafford - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mantel test and Procrustes Randomization test (PROTEST) are critically
valuable to paleoecological research in allowing statistical evaluation of observed trends in …

The influence of dataset decisions on paleocommunity results: Comparison of different categorizations of two datasets from Devonian carbonate units

FL Forcino, K Barclay, CL Schneider… - Palaeogeography …, 2013 - Elsevier
Community paleoecology researchers have employed an array of methods for collecting,
counting, and identifying fossils. Few studies have quantified the differences among results …

Brachiopod morphology, life mode, and crushing predation in the Ordovician Arnheim Formation, Kentucky, USA

FL Forcino, ES Stafford, RL Tetreault - Historical Biology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Predation on ancient shelled prey is an often-studied topic in paleoecology, but the early
Paleozoic and the brachiopods that dominated the seafloor at that time are relatively …