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The Holocene and Anthropocene Environmental History of Mexico

A Paleoecological Approach on Mesoamerica

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Editors:
  1. Nuria Torrescano- Valle

    1. Departamento Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal, Chetumal, Mexico

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  2. Gerald A. Islebe

    1. Departamento Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal, Chetumal, Mexico

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  3. Priyadarsi D. Roy

    1. Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCiudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico

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  • This book gathers virtually all available information on Mexican Paleoclimate and Paleobotany in a single source
  • The content is presented in a comprehensive and systematic manner
  • Intended as a framework for the design of future research on paleoclimates and paleobotany

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: The Holocene and Anthropocene Environmental History of Mexico

    • Nuria Torrescano-Valle, Gerald A. Islebe, Priyadarsi D. Roy
    Pages 1-5

  3. Paleoclimate of the Gulf of California (Northwestern Mexico) During the Last 2000 Years

    • Aída Martínez-López, Olivia de Los Ángeles Flores-Castillo, Romeo Saldívar-Lucio, Diana Cecilia Escobedo-Urías, Gerardo Verdugo-Díaz, Ligia Pérez-Cruz et al.
    Pages 7-38

  4. Holocene Hydroclimate of the Subtropical Mexico: A State of the Art

    • Priyadarsi D. Roy, Jesús David Quiroz-Jiménez, Claudia M. Chávez-Lara, José Luis Sánchez-Zavala
    Pages 39-68

  5. The Environment of Ancient Cloud Forests in the Mexican Pacific

    • Blanca L. Figueroa-Rangel, Miguel Olvera-Vargas, Ana P. Del Castillo-Batista
    Pages 69-88

  6. Sea Level Change and Its Influence on the Coastal Landscape in the Gulf of Mexico During the Holocene

    • Gabriela Domínguez-Vázquez, Dulce M. Bocanegra-Ramírez
    Pages 89-96

  7. Insights into the Holocene Environmental History of the Highlands of Central Mexico

    • Socorro Lozano-García, Margarita Caballero, Beatriz Ortega-Guerrero, Susana Sosa-Nájera
    Pages 97-114

  8. Integration of Landscape Approaches for the Spatial Reconstruction of Vegetation

    • Valerio Castro-López, Alejandro Velázquez, Gabriela Domínguez-Vázquez
    Pages 115-128

  9. Volcanic Activity in Mexico During the Holocene

    • José L. Macías, José L. Arce
    Pages 129-170

  10. Human Influence Versus Natural Climate Variability

    • Nuria Torrescano-Valle, Pablo J. Ramírez-Barajas, Gerald A. Islebe, Alejandro A. Vela-Pelaez, William J. Folan
    Pages 171-194

  11. Holocene Paleoecology and Paleoclimatology of South and Southeastern Mexico: A Palynological and Geospatial Approach

    • Gerald A. Islebe, Alicia Carrillo-Bastos, Alejandro A. Aragón-Moreno, Mirna Valdez-Hernández, Nuria Torrescano-Valle, Nancy Cabanillas-Terán
    Pages 195-207

  12. From Calakmul to the Sea: The Historical Ecology of a Classic Maya City That Controlled the Candelaria/Champoton Watersheds

    • Joel D. Gunn, William J. Folan, Nuria Torrescano-Valle, Betty B. Faust, Helga Z. Geovannini-Acuña, Alfred H. Siemens
    Pages 209-248

  13. Lidar at El Pilar: Understanding Vegetation Above and Discovering the Ground Features Below in the Maya Forest

    • Anabel Ford, Sherman W. Horn III
    Pages 249-271

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 273-280
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About this book

This book provides essential information on Mexico’s Holocene and Anthropocene climate and vegetation history. Considering the geography of Mexico – which is home to a variety of climatic and environmental conditions, from desert and tropical to high mountain climates – this book focuses on its postglacial paleoecology and paleoclimatology. Further, it analyses human intervention since the middle Holocene as a major agent of environmental change. Offering a valuable tool for understanding past climate change and its relationship with present climate change, the book is a must-read for botanists, ecologists, palaeontologists and graduate students in related fields.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal, Chetumal, Mexico

    Nuria Torrescano- Valle, Gerald A. Islebe

  • Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCiudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico

    Priyadarsi D. Roy

About the editors

Nuria Torrescano-Valle has a PhD in Ecology and Sustainable Development, she has contributed to more than 20 international publications on paleoecology, paleoclimate and palynology. Further, she has more than 10 years of experience directing several projects and master’s theses related to past climate change and the ecosystem dynamics of the Yucatán Peninsula and Southern Mexico.


Gerald Alexander Islebe has a PhD from the University of Amsterdam, more than 80 papers on paleoecology, paleoclimatology and tropical plant ecology. 25 years of experience in Mexico and Central America. Main editor of the Springer Book Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatán Peninsula.


Priyadarsi Debajyoti Roy has a PhD from University of Karlsruhe, Germany and more than 40 papers on paleoclimatology, geochemistry and sedimentology. More than 15 years of experience in Mexico and other regions of the world.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Holocene and Anthropocene Environmental History of Mexico

  • Book Subtitle: A Paleoecological Approach on Mesoamerica

  • Editors: Nuria Torrescano- Valle, Gerald A. Islebe, Priyadarsi D. Roy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31719-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31718-8Published: 13 January 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31721-8Published: 26 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31719-5Published: 02 December 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 280

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Biogeosciences, Climatology, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts

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