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
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Posted in archaeology, biodiversity, Books, My publications
A new special issue on forest succession
The journal Forests (JIF 2.364, Q1) is launching a new special issue (SI) entitled Forest Succession: Natural and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change. The main aim of this SI is to provide an overview of forest successional processes and their…
Tagged with: anthropogenic proxies, biodiversity, climate, climatic proxies, conservation, ecology, Forests, last centuries, last millennia, long-term, paleoclimate, paleoecology, palynology, past, present, succession, successional drivers, trees
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Posted in Journals, special issues
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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