Using a coupled dynamic factor – random forest analysis (DFRFA) to reveal drivers of spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the semi-arid regions of southern Africa

• Jane Southworth ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jsouthwo@ufl.edu

  Affiliation Geography Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-7879

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• Erin Bunting,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences; Remote Sensing and GIS Research and Outreach Services, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Likai Zhu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Silvis Lab, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Sadie J. Ryan,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Geography Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, College of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Hannah V. Herrero,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Geography Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2338-947X

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• Peter Waylen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Geography Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Rafael Muñoz-Carpena,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2838-1514

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• Miguel A. Campo-Bescós,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Projects and Rural Engineering, Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0435-3765

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• David Kaplan

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0103-0928

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