Overview
- Provides a high-resolution paleoecological record of vegetation succession in the Mediterranean over the past 3000 years
- Reconstructs the influence of climatic and anthropogenic factors on the development of the vegetation and landscape
- Combines palaeoecological and historical records to identify socioecological trends over time
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 251)
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Keywords
- Anthropology
- Biodiversity
- Human Disturbance
- Landscape Development
- Palynology
- Paleoecology
- Paleoclimates
- Paleoclimatology
- Vegetation History
About this book
This book shows in detail how the terrestrial ecosystems of Montcortès have responded to climatic events such as the Medieval Climate Anomaly or the Little Ice Age, as well as to varying intensities of anthropogenic pressure from the Bronze Age to the present. The knowledge gained from this palaeoecological study is useful not only for understanding how the modern landscapes of the Pyrenees were shaped, but also for conserving biodiversity and ecosystems in the face of future environmental changes related to ongoing global change.
The book is aimed at researchers, university teachers and advanced graduate students in a wide range of disciplines including ecology, palaeoecology, environmental science, biodiversity, geography, sedimentology, archaeology, anthropology, and biodiversity conservation.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Senior Researcher. Botanic Institute of Barcelona, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.
Associate Researcher. Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP-CERCA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
Biologist (1981), PhD in Palaeoecology (1990). Research interests: ecological, evolutionary and biogeographical applications of palynology. Experience in tropical, subtropical and temperate continental and insular biomes. Publications: 14 books and over 300 articles (>200 in JCR journals). Listed in the Stanford World's Top 0.5% paleontologists and Top 10 palynologists (career-long and last-year versions).
Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia: Biologist, PhD in Ecology (40 years of experience). Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona (Spain). Research interests: Ecology and paleolimnology, environmental impact and biotic response to current and past climate change, anoxia in lakes and its causes, mountain lakes as sentinels of global change. 13 book chapters, about 100 articles. Supervised 10 PhD theses and 12 master's theses.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Vegetation and Landscape Dynamics of the Iberian Pyrenees During the Last 3000 Years
Book Subtitle: The Montcortès Palynological Record
Authors: Valentí Rull, Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia
Series Title: Ecological Studies
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-57440-5Due: 09 June 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-57443-6Due: 09 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-57441-2Due: 09 June 2024
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 207
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 93 illustrations in colour