This book addresses the main enigmas of Easter Island’s (Rapa Nui, in the Polynesian language) prehistory from the time of initial settlement to European contact with a multidisciplinary perspective. The main topics include: (i) the time of first settlement and…
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The Prehistory of Easter Island
Tagged with: archaeology, biogeography, Botany, climate, deforestation, Drought, Easter Island, ecology, Enigmas, history, moai, paleoclimate, paleoecology, Raapanui, Rapa Nui, Transpacific Voyaging
Posted in archaeology, biodiversity, Books, My publications
Posted in archaeology, biodiversity, Books, My publications
New book on Easter Island’s prehistory
The book “The Prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Towards an Integrative Interdisciplinary Framework” (Springer Nature), edited by V. Rull and C.M. Stevenson, has been sent to the press and will be issued early next year This book addresses the…
Tagged with: archaeology, biogeography, climate change, cultural collapse, deforestation, demography, Easter Island, ecology, history, human disturbance, last centuries, last millennium, paleoanthropology, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, palynology, pollen, prehistory, Quaternary, Rapa Nui, vegetation change, vegetation dynamics
Posted in Books, My publications
Posted in Books, My publications
My three pandemic books
Since the declaration of the COVID19 pandemic and the implementation of the corresponding lockdown measures, I have had to work at home, just as many inhabitants of the planet. Fortunately, part of my job is to write scientific publications and…
Tagged with: biogeography, Books, diversification, Easter Island, ecology, evolution, Neotropics, paleoecology, Quaternary, Rapa Nui
Posted in Books, My publications, Science
Posted in Books, My publications, Science
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 three dimensions of human impact on island vegetation
The manuscript entitled: Pristinity, degradation and replacement: the three dimensions of human impact on island vegetation, by V. Rull, has been accepted for publication in the journal Progress in Physical Geography. The abstract is reproduced below. Abstract: This paper presents…
Tagged with: anthropocene, biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, colonization, conservation, deforestation, ecology, environmental degradation, extinction, fire, global change, history, human disturbance, natural resources, nature overexploitation, oceanic islands, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, palynology, Quaternary, resource exhaustion, socio-ecology, vegetation change, vegetation dynamics
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Posted in My publications
The Elsevier book on the paleoecology of Easter Island already published!
Editorial summary. This book synthesizes the available paleoecological knowledge from the last millennia of Easter Island to pave the way towards an integrated interdisciplinary vision of the island’s environmental-ecological-cultural system as a complex functional unit. Human and environmental deterministic views…
Tagged with: archaeology, biodiversity, biogeography, Chile, climate change, collapse, colonization, conservation, cultural change, deforestation, Easter Island, ecology, environmental degradation, extinction, fire, history, human disturbance, moai, natural resources, nature overexploitation, oceanic islands, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, palynology, pollen, Polynesia, Quaternary, Rapa Nui, resource exhaustion, socio-ecology, South America, vegetation change, vegetation dynamics
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Posted in Books, My publications
New Springer book on the prehistory of Easter Island
Springer has approved the publication of a new book entitled The Prehistory of Easter Island (Rapa Nui): Towards a Multidisciplinary Integrative Framework, edited by Valentí Rull and Christopher M. Stevenson. The book is aimed at presenting representative papers from a…
Tagged with: archaeology, biodiversity, biogeography, Chile, climate change, collapse, colonization, cultural change, cultural collapse, deforestation, DNA, Easter Island, ecology, environmental degradation, extinction, fire, human disturbance, moai, natural resources, nature overexploitation, oceanic islands, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, palynology, pollen, Polynesia, Quaternary, Rapa Nui, resource exhaustion, socio-ecology, South America, vegetation change, vegetation dynamics
Posted in Books, My publications, Sin categoría
Posted in Books, My publications, Sin categoría
Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes – Just Published!
Editorial summary: This newly published book provides a comprehensive overview of the patterns of biodiversity in a wide of Neotropical biomes and ecosystems, as well as a discussion on their historical biogeographies and underlying diversification processes. All chapters have been…
Tagged with: biodiversity, biogeography, climate change, conservation, diversification, DNA, ecology, evolution, extinction, Neogene, Neotropics, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, phylogeography, Quaternary, South America, speciation
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Posted in Books, My publications
Quaternary Ecology, Evolution and Biogeography
This is the title of a new book published by Elsevier-Academic Press some days ago. Here I reproduce the cover and attach the front matter (freely accessible), with the table of contents and the introduction. The book can be bought…
Biodiversity of the Lost World
The book “Biodiversity of Pantepui, the Pristine Lost World of the Neotropical Guiana Highlands”, edited by V. Rull, T. Vegas-Vilarrúbia, O. Huber and C Señaris, is already published in Paperback and eBook formats. See the Elsevier website. This book provides…
Tagged with: algae, amphibians, animals, aquatic insects, biodiversity, biogeography, birds, Brasil, butterflies, climate, climate change, conservation, ecology, evolution, global warming, Guayana, Guiana, Guiana Highlands, Guyana, Lost World, mammals, Neotropics, paleoclimate, paleoecology, Pantepui, plants, reptiles, scorpions, snails, Venezuela
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Posted in Books, My publications
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