Palynological analysis of the last ca. 4300 cal yr BP using a sediment core taken from high mountain (ca. 1900 m elevation) Lake Sant Maurici sediments (southern-central Pyrenees) showed remarkable vegetation constancy during the Late Quaternary. During the studied period,…
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High-mountain forest resilience
Tagged with: Catalonia, Conifer forests, Europe, Forests, High mountains, Holocene, Iberian Peninsula, lakes, Late Holocene, National Parks, palynology, PNAESM, pollen analysis, Pyrenees, Resilience, sediments
Posted in My publications, Research papers
Posted in My publications, Research papers
Spatiotemporal gradients in the anthropization of Pyrenean landscapes
Pyrenean landscapes were anthropized gradually, from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, following a general elevational pattern, from lowlands to highlands. Human settlement, as derived from archaeological evidence, may occur much earlier than irreversible anhtropogenic transformation of landscape, as…
Tagged with: archaeology, climate change, cultural change, deforestation, ecology, environmental degradation, fire, human disturbance, Landscape anthropization, Late Holocene, natural resources, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, palynology, pollen, Pyrenees, Quaternary, vegetation change, vegetation dynamics
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Posted in My publications, Research papers
What is the most biodiverse tropical region?
According to a recent paper by Peter Raven and collaborators, the Neotropics is the most biodiverse tropical region in absolute terms, encompassing one third of global diversity, but Southeast Asia is proportionally richer if we consider its smaller area. Reference:…
Tagged with: biodiversity, biogeography, diversification, Neotropics, tropics
Posted in biodiversity, Research papers
Posted in biodiversity, Research papers
The Earth is flat for climate modelers
Did you know that? Modelers don’t stop surprising us!!! If you find this hard to believe, read the paper by Michael J. Prather and Juno C. Hsu, from the University of California, which has recently been published in the Proceedings…
Tagged with: Believe it or not, climate, climate change, climatic models, flat Earth, modelers, models, round Earth
Posted in Believe it or not, Research papers, Unvelievable!
Posted in Believe it or not, Research papers, Unvelievable!
The Azores Islands were populated a century and a half before their official colonization
In our latest paper published in Quaternary Science Reviews, we provide sound evidence for agriculture and livestock farming in the São Miguel Island by 1290, about a century and a half prior to its official settlement. The most accepted date…
Tagged with: agriculture, animal husbandry, Azores Islands, deforestation, discovery, human colonization, human impact, human settlement, lake sediments, last centuries, laurisilva, livestock raising, Macaronesia, oceanic islands, paleoecology, palynology, pollen, reforestation, research paper, vegetation change, volcanic eruptions, volcanic islands
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Posted in Research papers
