Position
Senior Researcher of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) working at the Botanic Institute of Barcelona (IBB)
Current research interests
- Biotic responses to climate change
- Climate-vegetation-human interactions
- Quaternary ecology, evolution and biogeography
- Origin of Neotropical biodiversity and endemism
- Human settlement of remote islands
- Anthropization of mountain landscapes
- The “Anthropocene” epoch
Study areas
- Orinoco lowlands and delta
- Guiana region: the Pantepui lost world and the Gran Sabana
- High mountains: Tropical Andes, Trans-Mexican volcanic belt, Pyrenees
- Oceanic Islands: Azores (Atlantic), Easter Island (Pacific)
Latest news
- Some high-elevation Pyrenean forests remained virtually pristine during the last 4000 years… read more
- My lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the publication of three books issued by renowned international publishers (Elsevier/Academic Press and Springer Nature)… read more
