Publications

Publications of the last decade (since 2010). A complete list (since 1984), with many pdf files for downloading, can be found in my ResearchGate site.

2017 & in press

• Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Huber, O. & Señaris, C. (eds.). Biodiversity of Pantepui, the Lost World of the Neotropics. Elsevier, Cambridge (approved 5-09-2017).
• Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Corella, J.P., Pérez-Zanón, N., Buchaca, T., Trapote, M.C., López, P., Sigró, J. & Rull, V. 2017. Historical shifts in oxygenation regime as recorded in the laminated sediments of Lake Montcortès (Central Pyrenees): a continental-scale phenomenon? Science of the Total Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.148
• Rull, V., Connor, S. & Elias, R. 2017. Potential natural vegetation and pre-anthropic palynological records on the Azores Islands in a Macaronesian context. Journal of Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/jbi.13083
• Rull, V. 2017. Quaternary – a multidisciplinary journal to cope with a complex world. Quaternary, 1: 1-7.
• Rull, V. 2017. The ‘Anthropocene’ uncovered. Collectanea Botanica, doi: 10.3989/collectbot.2017.v36.008
• Rull, V. & Carnaval, A. (eds.). Neotropical diversification. Springer, Berlin (approved may 2017). Table of contents.
• Rull, V. The ‘Anthropocene’: neglects, misconceptions and possible futures. EMBO Reports, 18: 1056-1060.
• Hernández, A., Sáez, A., Bao, R., Raposeiro, P., Trigo, R., Doolittle, S., Masqué, P., Rull, V., Gonçalves, V., Vázquez-Loureiro, D., Rubio-Inglés, M.J., Sánchez-López, G. & Giralt, S. The influences of the AMO and NAO on the sedimentary infill in an Azores archipelago lake climate since ca. 1350 AD. Global and Planetary Change, 154: 61-74.
• Rull, V. El ‘Antropoceno’. Editorial CSIC-La Catarata, Madrid (accepted February 2017).
• Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Montoya, E. Paleoecology as a guide to landscape conservation and restoration in the neotropical Gran Sabana. PAGES Magazine, 25: 82-83.
• Rull, V. & Montoya, E. 2017. Holocene vegetation dynamics in the Apakará summit of the neotropical Guayana Highlands. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 240: 22-32.
• Rull, V., Lara, A., Rubio-Inglés, M.J., Sáez, A., Giralt, S., Gonçalves, V., Raposeiro, P., Hernández, A., Sánchez-López, G., Vázquez-Loureiro, D., Bao, R., Masqué, P. & Sáez, A. 2017. Vegetation and landscape dynamics under natural and anthropogenic forcing on the Azores Islands: a 700-year pollen record from the São Miguel Island. Quaternary Science Reviews, 159: 155-168.
• Rull, V. & Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. 2017. Potential responses of vascular plants from the pristine ‘lost world’ of the neotropical Guayana Highlands to global warming: review and new perspectives. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 81, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00081
• Rull, V., Trapote, M.C., Safont, E., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Pérez-Zanón, N., Sigró, J., Buchaca, T. & Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. 2017. Seasonal patterns of pollen sedimentation in Lake Montcortès (Central Pyrenees) and potential applications to high-resolution paleoecology: a 2-year pilot study. Journal of Paleolimnology, 57: 95-108.
• Raposeiro, P.M., Rubio-Inglés, M.J., González, A., Hernández, A., Sánchez-López, G., Vázquez-Loureiro, D., Rull, V., Bao, R., Costa, A.C., Gonçalves, V., Sáez, A. & Giralt, S. 2017. Impact of the historical introduction of exotic fishes on the chironomid community of Lake Azul (Azores Islands). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 466: 77-88.

2016

• Rull, V., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Sáez, A., Giralt, S., Pla-Rabes, S. & Margalef, O. 2016. Palaeoecology and human history of Easter Island (Southern Pacific Ocean): some problems and potential solutions. In: Reindel, M., Bartl, K., Lüth, F. & Benecke, N. (eds,), Palaeoenvironment and the development of early settlements. Verlag Marie Leidorf, Rahden, pp. 91-98.
• Garcés-Pastor, S., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Rull, V., Calero, M.A., Giralt, S., Valero-Garcés, B., Gutiérrez, E. & Camarero, J.J. 2016. Canvis limnològics i paisatgístics durant el darrer mil·leni a l’Estany de Sant Maurici: Estudi multiproxy. X Jornades sobre Recerca al Parc Nacional d’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici, Espot, Oct 2015 (ISBN 9788439394518), pp. 33-42.
• Calero, M.A., Valero-Garcés, B., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Garcés, S. 2016. Paleoclimatologia de l’Holocè tardà a l’Estany de Sant Maurici. X Jornades sobre Recerca al Parc Nacional d’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici, Espot, Oct 2015 (ISBN 9788439394518), pp. 55-59.
• Rull, V., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Margalef, O., Pla-Rabes, S., Sáez, A. & Giralt, S. 2016. Climate changes and cultural shifts on Easter Island during the last millennia. PAGES Magazine, 24: 70-71.
• Rull, V. 2016. La Isla de Pascua: Una visión científica. Editorial CSIC-La Catarata, Madrid. ISBN 978-84-00-10150-3 (CSIC), 978-84-9097-221-2 (Catarata).
• Camarero, J.J., Garcés-Pastor, S., Gutiérrez, E., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Sangüesa, G., Trapote, M.C., Clavaguera, A., Calero, M.A., Galván, J.D., Sánchez, R., Giralt, S. & Valero-Garcés, B. 2016. Reconstruyendo la historia de los bosques pirenaicos. Proyectos de investigación en parques nacionales: convocatoria 2011-2014, pp. 141-156.
• Rull, V. 2016. The ‘Anthropocene’: a requiem for the Geologic Time Scale? Quaternary Geochronology, 36: 76-77.
• Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Safont, E. 2016. The Lost World’s pristinity at risk. Diversity and Distributions, 22: 995-999.
• Rull, V. 2016. Natural and anthropogenic drivers of cultural change at Easter Island: review and new insights. Quaternary Science Reviews, 150: 31-41.
• Rull, V. 2016. The Humanized Earth System (HES). The Holocene, 26: 1513-1515.
• Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Montoya, E. 2016. The neotropical Gran Sabana region: palaeoecology and conservation. The Holocene, 26: 1162-1167.
• Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Rull, V. 2016. Undervalued impacts of sea-level rise: vanishing deltas. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4: 77. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00077
• Rull, V. 2016. The EIRA database: Last Glacial and Holocene radiocarbon ages from Easter Island’s sedimentary records. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4: 44, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00044 (dataset available in the NOAA-NCDC repository).
• Safont, E., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Rull, V., Holst, B.K., Huber, O., Nozawa, S., Vivas, Y., Font, X. & Silva, A. 2016. Plant communities and environmental factors in the Guayana Highlands: monitoring for conservation under future climate change. Systematics & Biodiversity, 14: 327-344.
• Rull, V., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Margalef, O., Pla-Rabes, S., Sáez, A. & Giralt, S. 2016. Three millennia of climatic, ecological and cultural change on Easter Island: a synthetic overview. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4: 29. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00029
• Safont, E., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Montoya, E., Huber, O. & Holst, B.K. 2016. Late-Holocene vegetation and fire dynamics on the summits of the Guayana Highlands: the Uei-tepui palynological record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 455: 33-43.
• Calero, M.A., Valero-Garcés, B.L., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Garcés, S., López-Vila, J. & Camarero, J.J. 2016. El registro sedimentario del lago Sant Maurici (Pirineos Centrales). Geogaceta, 59: 11-14.
• Flantua, S.G.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Vuille, M., Behling, H., Carson, J., Gosling, W., Hoyos, I., Ledru, M.-P., Montoya, E., Mayle, F., Maldonado, A., Rull, V., Tonello, M., Whitney, B.S. & González-Arango, C. 2016. Climate change and human impact in Central and South America over the last 2000 years. Climate of the Past, 12: 483-523.
• Cañellas-Boltà, N., Rull, V., Sáez, A., Margalef, O., Bao, R., Pla-Rabes, S., Valero-Garcés, B. & Giralt, S. 2016. Vegetation dynamics at Raraku Lake catchment (Easter Island) during the past 34,000 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 446: 55-69.
• Rull, V. 2016. Free science under threat. The current revival of Bernalism and the use of market-based scientific practices can undermine science as we know it. EMBO Reports, 17: 131-135.

2015

• Rull, V. 2015. Pleistocene speciation is not refuge speciation. Journal of Biogeography, 42: 602-604.
• Rull, V., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Margalef, O., Sáez, A. Pla-Rabes, S. & Giralt, S. 2015. Late Holocene vegetation dynamics and deforestation in Rano Aroi: implications for Easter Island’s ecological and cultural history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 126: 219-226.
• Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Montoya, E. 2015. Neotropical vegetation responses to Younger Dryas climates as analogs for future climate change scenarios and lessons for conservation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 115: 28-38.
• Rull, V., Montoya, E., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Ballesteros, T. 2015. New insights on paleofires and savannisation in northern South America. Quaternary Science Reviews, 122: 158-165.
• Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Hernández, E., Rull, V. & Rull-Vegas, E. 2015. The Orinoco megadelta as a conservation target in the face of the ongoing and future sea level rise. Science of the Total Environment, 515-516: 129-142.
• Margalef, O., Cacho, I., Pla-Rabes, S., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Pueyo, J.J., Sáez, A., Pena, L.D., Valero-Garcés, B.L., Rull, V. & Giralt, S. 2015. Millennial-scale precipitation variability over Easter Island (South Pacific) during MIS 3: inter-hemispheric teleconnections with North Atlantic abrupt cold events. Climate of the Past Discussions, doi:10.5194/cpd-11-1407-2015
• Rull, V. 2015. Long-term vegetation stability and the concept of potential natural vegetation in the Neotropics. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26:603-607.
• Rull, V. & Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. 2015. Crops and weeds from the lake Montcortès region (southern Pyrenees) during the last millennium: a comparison of historical and palynological records. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 24: 699-710.
• Flantua, S.G.A, Hooghiemstra, H., Grimm, E.C., Behling, H., Bush, M.B., González-Arango, C., Gosling, W., Ledru, M.-P., Lozano-García, S., Maldonado, A., Prieto, A., Rull, V. & Van Boxel, J.H. 2015. Updated site compilation of the Latin American Pollen Database. Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology, 223: 104-115.
• Rull, V. 2015. South American peopling and neotropical savannisation. Journal of Brief Ideas, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.16589
• Rull, V. & Rull, E. 2015. Green Revolution: Future Prospects For. In: Albala, K. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Food Issues. SAGE Publ., London, pp. 735-738.

2014

• Rull, V. 2014. Macrorefugia and microrefugia. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 29: 243-244.
• Rull, V. & Montoya, E. 2014. Mauritia flexuosa palm swamp communities: natural or human-made? A palynological study of the Gran Sabana region (northern South America) within a neotropical context. Quaternary Science Reviews, 99: 17-33.
• Ballesteros, T., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Montoya, E., Abbott, M.B., Giralt, S., Stansell, N. & Rull, V. 2014. An 8700-year record of the interplay of environmental and human drivers in the development of the southern Gran Sabana landscape, SE Venezuela. The Holocene, 24: 1757-1770.
• López-Vila, J., Montoya, E., Cañellas-Boltà, N. & Rull, V. 2014. Modern non-pollen palynomorphs sedimentation along an elevational gradient in the south-central Pyrenees (southwestern Europe) as a tool for Holocene paleoecological reconstruction. The Holocene, 24: 327-345.
• Rull, V. & Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. 2014. Preliminary report on a mid-19th century Cannabis pollen peak in NE Spain: historical context and potential chronological significance. The Holocene, 24: 1378-1383.
• Cañellas-Boltà, N., Rull, V., Sáez, A., Prebble, M. & Margalef, O. 2014. First records and potential paleoecological significance of Dianella (Xanthorrhoeaceae), an extinct representative of the native flora of Easter Island. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 23: 331-338.
• Safont, E., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Holst, B.K., Huber, O., Nozawa, S., Vivas. Y. & Silva, A. 2014. Establishing a baseline of plant diversity and endemism in a neotropical mountain summit for future comparative studies assessing upward migration: an approach from biogeography and nature conservation. Systematics and Biodiversity, 12: 292-314.
• Rull, V. 2014. Time continuum and the true long-term ecology: from theory to practice. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00075.
• Rull, V. 2014. The most important application of science. EMBO Reports, 15: 919-922.
• Rull, V. 2014. Conservation, human values and democracy. EMBO Reports, 15: 17-20.
• Rull, V. 2014. The social utility of science. Collectanea Botanica, 33: 85-90.
• Rull, V. 2014. Biodiversity, mountains and climate change. Collectanea Botanica, 33: 75-79.
• Rull, V. 2014. Ecological palaeoecology: a missing link between ecology and evolution. Collectanea Botanica, 33: 65-73.
• Rull, V. 2014. SciFor 2.0: A Manifesto for a Global Science Force. Institut Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4137.7762
• Rull, V. 2014. Presentation. In: Pardo-Tomàs, J. (ed), Salvadoriana: the cabinet of curiosities of Barcelona. Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona-Botanic Institute of Barcelona, Barcelona, pp. 13-14.
• Rull, V. 2014. L’estany de Montcortès: Un arxiu climàtic i ecològic excepcional. Brolla, 33: 10-11.

2013

• Rull, V. 2013. Are we willing to build a better future? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28: 443-444.
• Nogué, S., Rull, V. & Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. 2013. Elevation gradients in the neotropical table mountains: patterns of endemism and implications for conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 19: 676-687.
• Rull, V. 2013. Paleoclimates and Amazon biodiversity. Journal of Biogeography, 40: 1413-1414.
• Cañellas-Boltà, N., Rull, V., Sáez, A., Margalef, O., Bao, R., Pla-Rabes, S., Valero-Garcés, B., Blaauw, M. & Giralt, S. 2013. Vegetation changes and human settlement of Easter Island during the last millennia: a multiproxy study of the Lake Raraku sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews, 72: 36-48.
• Rull, V., Montoya, E., Nogué, S., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Safont, E. 2013. Ecological palaeoecology in the neotropical Gran Sabana region: long-term records of vegetation dynamics as a basis for ecological hypothesis testing. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 15: 338-359.
• Rull, V. 2013. A futurist perspective on the Anthropocene. The Holocene, 23: 1198-1201.
• Margalef, O., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Pla-Rabes, S., Giralt, S., Pueyo, J. J., Joosten, H., Rull, V., Buchaca, T., Hernández, A., Valero-Garcés, B. L., Moreno, A. & Sáez, A. 2013. A 70,000 multiproxy record of climatic and environmental change from Rano Aroi peatland (Easter Island). Global and Planetary Change, 108: 72-84.
• Rull, V. 2013. Some problems in the study of the origin of tropical biodiversity using palaeoecological and molecular phylogenetic evidence. Systematics and Biodiversity, 11: 415-423.
• Rull, V., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Sáez, A., Margalef, O., Bao, R., Pla-Rabes, S., Valero-Garcés, B. & Giralt, S. 2013. Challenging Easter Island’s collapse: the need for interdisciplinary synergies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 1: 3 (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2013.00003)
• Rull, V. 2013. La ciencia, esa extranjera. Collectanea Botanica, 32: 121-125.
• Mercadé, A., Vigo, J., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Garcés, S., Lara, A., Cañellas-Boltà, N. 2013. Vegetation and landscape around Lake Montcortès (Catalan pre-Pyrenees) as a tool for palaeoecological study of lake sediments. Collectanea Botanica, 32: 87-101.
• Rull, V. 2013. Prefácio. In: Bauermann, S. et al. (eds), Pólen nas Angiospermas: Diversidade e evolução. Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, pp. 11-12.

2012

• Rull, V. 2012. Paleobiodiversity and taxonomic resolution: linking past trends with present patterns. Journal of Biogeography, 39: 1005-1006.
• Cañellas-Boltà, N., Rull, V., Sáez, A., Margalef, S., Giralt, S., Pueyo, J. J., Birks, H. H., Birks, H. J. B. & Pla, S. 2012. Macrofossils in Raraku Lake (Easter Island). An integration of sedimentary and geochemical records and a palaeoecological synthesis for the last 34 cal kyr. Quaternary Science Reviews, 34: 113-126.
• Safont, E., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. & Rull, V. 2012. Use of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) tools to set priorities and optimize strategies in biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation, 149: 113-121.
• Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Nogué, S., Rull, V. 2012. Global warming, habitat shifts and potential refugia for biodiversity conservation in the neotropical Guayana Highlands. Biological Conservation, 152: 159-168.
• Corella, J. P., Brauer, A., Mangili, C., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Morellón, M. & Valero-Garcés, B. 2012. The 1.5 ka varved record of Lake Montcortès (southern Pyrenees, NE Spain). Quaternary Research, 78: 323-332.
• Montoya, E., Rull, V. & Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. 2012. Non-pollen palynomorph studies in the Neotropics: the case of Venezuela. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 186: 102-130.
• Rull, V. 2012. Past natural history and ecological biodiversity modeling. Systematics and Biodiversity, 10: 1-5.
• Rull, V. 2012. Community ecology: diversity and dynamics over time. Community Ecology, 13: 102-116.
• Rull, V. 2012. Time, evolution and physical reductionism. EMBO Reports, 13: 181-185.
• Rull, V. 2012. Towards a scientific force: some insights and a manifesto. Collectanea Botanica, 31: 121-125.
• RullV. 2012. Cycad diversification and tropical biodiversity. Collectanea Botanica, 31: 103-106.
• Carrión, J.S., Fernández, S., González-Sampériz, P., López-Merino, L., Peña, L., Burjachs, F., López-Sáez, J. A., García-Antón, M., Carrión Marco, Y., Uzquiano, P., Postigo, J. M., Barrón, E., Allué, E., Badal, E., Dupré, M., Fierro, E., Munuera, M., Rubiales, J. M., García Amorena, I., Jiménez Moreno, G., Gil Romera, G., Leroy, S., García-Martínez, M. S., Montoya, E., Fletcher, W., Yll, E., Vieira, M., Rodríguez-Ariza, M. O., Anderson, S., Peñalba, C., Gil García, M. J., Pérez  Sanz, A., Albert, R. M., Díez, M. J., Morales-Molino, C., Gómez Manzaneque, F., Parra, I., Ruiz Zapata, B., Riera, S., Zapata, L., Ejarque, A., Vegas, T., Rull, V., Scott, L., Abel Schaad, D., Andrade, A., Manzano, S., Navarro, C., Pérez Díaz, S., Moreno, E., Hernández-Mateo, L., Sánchez Baena, J. J., Riquelme, J. A., Iglesias, R., Franco, F., Chaín, C., Figueiral, I., Grau, E., Matos, M., Jiménez Espejo, F., Valle-Hernández, M., Rivas-Carballo, R., Arribas, A., Garrido, G., Muñiz, F., Finlayson, G., Finlayson, C., Ruiz, M., Pérez Jordá, G., Miras, Y. 2012. Paleoflora y Paleovegetación de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares: Plioceno-Cuaternario. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Madrid. http://paleofloraiberica.net/INICIO.html
• Rull, V. & Montoya, E. 2012. El origen de la Gran Sabana: Pistas del pasado. In Sánchez-Villagra, M. (ed.), Venezuela Paleontológica. Universität Zurich, Zurich, pp. 335-345.

2011

• Rull, V. 2011. Origins of biodiversity. Science, 331: 398-399.
• Rull, V. 2011. Neotropical biodiversity: timing and potential drivers. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26: 508-513.
• Rull, V. & Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. 2011. What is long-term in ecology? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26: 3-4.
• Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Rull, V., Montoya, E. & Safont, E. 2011. Quaternary palaeoecology and nature conservation: a general review and some examples from the Neotropics. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30: 2361-2388.
• Montoya, E. & Rull, V. 2011. Gran Sabana fires (SE Venezuela): a paleoecological perspective. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30: 3430-3444.
• Montoya, E., Rull, V., Stansell, N. D., Bird, B. W., Nogué, S., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Abbott, M. B. & Díaz, W. A. 2011. Vegetation changes in the Neotropical Gran Sabana (Venezuela) around the Younger Dryas Chron. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26: 207-218.
• Montoya, E., Rull, V. & Nogué, S. 2011. Early human occupation and land use changes near the boundary of the Orinoco and the Amazon basins (SE Venezuela): palynological evidence from El Paují record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 310: 413-426.
• Montoya, E., Rull, V., Stansell, N. D., Abbott, M. B., Nogué, S., Bird, B. W. & Díaz, W. 2011. Forest-savanna-morichal dynamics in relation to fire and human occupation in the southern Gran Sabana (SE Venezuela) during the last millennia. Quaternary Research, 76: 335-344.
• Corella, J. P., Moreno, A., Morellón, M., Rull, V., Giralt, S., Rico, M. T., Pérez-Sanz, A. & Valero-Garcés, B. 2011. Climate and human impact on a meromictic lake during the last 6,000 years (Montcortès Lake, Centrla Pyrenees, Spain). Journal of Paleolimnology, 46: 351-367.
• Rull, V., González-Sampériz, P., Corella, J. P.., Morellón, M. & Giralt, S. 2011. Vegetation changes in the southern Pyrenean flank durign the last millennium in relation to climate and human activities: the Montcortès lacustrine record. Journal of Paleolimnology, 46: 387-404.
• Scussolini, P., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Rull, V., Corella, P., Valero, B. & Gomà, J. 2011. Mid-late Holocene climate change and human impact based on diatoms, algae and aquatic vegetation pollen from Lake Montcortès (NE Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Paleolimnology, 46: 369-385.
• Rull, V. 2011. Sustainability, capitalism and evolution. EMBO Reports, 12: 103-106.
• Rull, V., Montoya, E., Nogué, S. & Huber, O. 2011. Preliminary palynological analysis of a Holocene peat bog from Apakará-tepui (Chimantá Massif, Venezuelan Guayana). Collectanea Botanica, 30: 79-88.
• Rull, V. 2011. Research efficiency in relation to investment. Collectanea Botanica, 30: 107-108.
• Rull, V. 2011. Paleoecología de las Tierras Altas de Guayana: Implicaciones ecológicas y evolutivas. In Caballero, M. & Ortega, B. (eds.), Escenarios de cambio ambiental: Registros del Cuaternario en América Latina. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, pp. 139-156.

2010

• Rull, V. 2010. Food security: green revolution drawbacks. Science, 328: 169.
• Rull, V., Cañelas-Boltà, N., Sáez, A., Giralt, S., Pla, S. & Margalef, O. 2010. Paleoecology of Easter Island: evidence and uncertainties. Earth-Science Reviews, 99: 50-60.
• Rull, V., Stansell, N. D., Montoya, E., Bezada, M. & Abbott, M. B. 2010. Palynological signal of the Younger Dryas in the tropical Venezuelan Andes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29: 3045-3056.
• Stansell, N. D., Abbott, M. B., Rull, V., Rodbell, D. T., Bezada, M. & Montoya, E. 2010. Abrupt Younger Dryas cooling in the northern tropics recorded in lake sediments from the Venezuelan Andes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 293: 154-163.
• Rull, V. 2010. On microrefugia and cryptic refugia. Journal of Biogeography, 37: 1623-1627.
• Cody, S., Richardson, J. E., Rull, V., Ellis, Ch. & Pennington, R. T. 2010. The great American biotic interchange revisited. Ecography, 33: 326-332.
• Montoya, E., Rull, V. & van Geel, B. 2010. Non-pollen palynomorphs from surface sediments along an altitudinal transect of the Venezuelan Andes. Palaeoegography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 297: 169-183.
• Rull, V. 2010. Who needs a greener revolution? EMBO Reports, 11: 659-663.
• Rull, V. 2010. The candid approach. EMBO Reports, 11: 14-17.
• Rull, V. 2010. Ecology and paleoecology: two approaches, one objective. The Open Ecology Journal, 3: 1-5.
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