2021
Chapter 24: Resilience of the Amazon forest to global changes: Assessing the risk of tipping points (Chapter)
Hirota, M., Flores, B. M., Betts, R., Borma, L. S., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Jakovac, C., . . . Sakschewski, B. (2021). Chapter 24: Resilience of the Amazon forest to global changes: Assessing the risk of tipping points. In Amazon Assessment Report 2021. UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). doi:10.55161/qpys9758DOI: 10.55161/qpys9758
Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Corella, J. P., Trapote, M. C., Montoya, E., & Valero-Garcés, B. (2021). A unique Pyrenean varved record provides a detailed reconstruction of Mediterranean vegetation and land-use dynamics over the last three millennia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 268, 107128. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107128DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107128
Montoya, E., Matthews-Bird, F., Brooks, S. J., & Gosling, W. D. (2021). Forests protect aquatic communities from detrimental impact by volcanic deposits in the tropical Andes (Ecuador). Regional Environmental Change, 21(2). doi:10.1007/s10113-021-01783-1DOI: 10.1007/s10113-021-01783-1
2020
Montoya, E., Lombardo, U., Levis, C., Aymard, G. A., & Mayle, F. E. (2020). Human Contribution to Amazonian Plant Diversity: Legacy of Pre-Columbian Land Use in Modern Plant Communities. In Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes (pp. 495-520). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31167-4_19DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31167-4_19
2019
Montoya, E., Pedra-Méndez, J., García-Falcó, E., Gómez-Paccard, M., Giralt, S., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., . . . Rull, V. (2019). Long-term vegetation dynamics of a tropical megadelta: Mid-Holocene palaeoecology of the Orinoco Delta (NE Venezuela). Quaternary Science Reviews, 221. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105874DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105874
A Continuous Palynological Record of Forest Clearing at Rano Kao (Easter Island, SE Pacific) During the last Millennium: Preliminary Report (Journal article)
Seco, I., Rull, V., Montoya, E., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Giralt, S., Margalef, O., . . . Sáez, A. (n.d.). A Continuous Palynological Record of Forest Clearing at Rano Kao (Easter Island, SE Pacific) During the last Millennium: Preliminary Report. doi:10.20944/preprints201905.0337.v1DOI: 10.3390/quat2020022
A Continuous Palynological Record of Forest Clearing at Rano Kao (Easter Island, SE Pacific) During the Last Millennium: Preliminary Report (Journal article)
Seco, I., Rull, V., Montoya, E., Cañellas-Boltà, N., Giralt, S., Margalef, O., . . . Sáez, A. (n.d.). A Continuous Palynological Record of Forest Clearing at Rano Kao (Easter Island, SE Pacific) During the Last Millennium: Preliminary Report. Quaternary, 2(2), 22. doi:10.3390/quat2020022DOI: 10.3390/quat2020022
A millennium-long perspective of flood-related seasonal sediment yield in Mediterranean watersheds (Journal article)
Corella, J. P., Benito, G., Wilhelm, B., Montoya, E., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrubia, T., & Valero-Garces, B. L. (2019). A millennium-long perspective of flood-related seasonal sediment yield in Mediterranean watersheds. GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE, 177, 127-140. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.016DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.016
Climatic and ecological history of Pantepui and surrounding areas (Chapter)
Rull, V., Montoya, E., Nogué, S., Safont, E., & Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. (2019). Climatic and ecological history of Pantepui and surrounding areas. In Biodiversity of Pantepui (pp. 33-54). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-815591-2.00002-1DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-815591-2.00002-1
Palynology and Vegetation History (Book)
Palynology and Vegetation History (n.d.). . Frontiers Media SA. doi:10.3389/978-2-88945-687-1DOI: 10.3389/978-2-88945-687-1
2018
High-resolution (sub-decadal) pollen analysis of varved sediments from Lake Montcortes (southern Pyrenean flank): A fine-tuned record of landscape dynamics and human impact during the last 500 years (Journal article)
Trapote, M. C., Rull, V., Giralt, S., Corella, J. P., Montoya, E., & Vegas-Vilarrubia, T. (2018). High-resolution (sub-decadal) pollen analysis of varved sediments from Lake Montcortes (southern Pyrenean flank): A fine-tuned record of landscape dynamics and human impact during the last 500 years. REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY, 259, 207-222. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.10.002DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.10.002
Editorial: Palynology and Vegetation History (Journal article)
Rull, V., Montoya, E., Giesecke, T., & Morris, J. L. (2018). Editorial: Palynology and Vegetation History. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 6. doi:10.3389/feart.2018.00186DOI: 10.3389/feart.2018.00186
Loughlin, N. J. D., Gosling, W. D., Mothes, P., & Montoya, E. (2018). Ecological consequences of post-Columbian indigenous depopulation in the Andean-Amazonian corridor. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1233-1236. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0602-7DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0602-7
Grazing activities in the southern central Pyrenees during the last millennium as deduced from the non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) record of Lake Montcortes (Journal article)
Montoya, E., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrubia, T., Pablo Corella, J., Giralt, S., & Valero-Garces, B. (2018). Grazing activities in the southern central Pyrenees during the last millennium as deduced from the non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) record of Lake Montcortes. REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY, 254, 8-19. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.04.005DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.04.005
CLAFS, a Holistic Climatic-Ecological-Anthropogenic Hypothesis on Easter Island's Deforestation and Cultural Change: Proposals and Testing Prospects (Journal article)
Rull, V., Montoya, E., Seco, I., Canellas-Bolta, N., Giralt, S., Margalef, O., . . . Saez, A. (2018). CLAFS, a Holistic Climatic-Ecological-Anthropogenic Hypothesis on Easter Island's Deforestation and Cultural Change: Proposals and Testing Prospects. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 6. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00032DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00032
Montoya, E., Keen, H. F., Luzuriaga, C. X., & Gosling, W. D. (2018). Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics in a Megadiverse Hotspot: The Ice-Age Record of a Pre-montane Forest of Central Ecuador. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00196DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00196
Amazonia history: Contribution of palaeoecology to the scientific debate of pre-Columbian occupation and its effects on the ecosystems (Journal article)
Montoya, E. (n.d.). Amazonia history: Contribution of palaeoecology to the scientific debate of pre-Columbian occupation and its effects on the ecosystems. Ecosistemas, 27(1), 18-25. doi:10.7818/ecos.1444DOI: 10.7818/ecos.1444
Identifying environmental drivers of fungal non-pollen palynomorphs in the montane forest of the eastern Andean flank, Ecuador (Journal article)
Loughlin, N. J. D., Gosling, W. D., & Montoya, E. (2018). Identifying environmental drivers of fungal non-pollen palynomorphs in the montane forest of the eastern Andean flank, Ecuador. QUATERNARY RESEARCH, 89(1), 119-133. doi:10.1017/qua.2017.73DOI: 10.1017/qua.2017.73
Landscape-scale drivers of glacial ecosystem change in the montane forests of the eastern Andean flank, Ecuador (Journal article)
Loughlin, N. J. D., Gosling, W. D., Coe, A. L., Gulliver, P., Mothes, P., & Montoya, E. (2018). Landscape-scale drivers of glacial ecosystem change in the montane forests of the eastern Andean flank, Ecuador. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 489, 198-208. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.10.011DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.10.011
2017
Aquatic community response to volcanic eruptions on the Ecuadorian Andean flank: evidence from the palaeoecological record (Journal article)
Matthews-Bird, F., Brooks, S. J., Gosling, W. D., Gulliver, P., Mothes, P., & Montoya, E. (2017). Aquatic community response to volcanic eruptions on the Ecuadorian Andean flank: evidence from the palaeoecological record. JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY, 58(4), 437-453. doi:10.1007/s10933-017-0001-0DOI: 10.1007/s10933-017-0001-0
Holocene vegetation dynamics on the Apakara summit of the neotropical Guayana Highlands and potential environmental drivers (Journal article)
Rull, V., & Montoya, E. (2017). Holocene vegetation dynamics on the Apakara summit of the neotropical Guayana Highlands and potential environmental drivers. REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY, 240, 22-32. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.02.007DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.02.007
2016
Late Holocene vegetation and fire dynamics on the summits of the Guayana Highlands: The Uei-tepui palynological record (Journal article)
Safont, E., Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrubia, T., Montoya, E., Huber, O., & Hoist, 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. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.008DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.008
The neotropical Gran Sabana region: Palaeoecology and conservation (Journal article)
Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrubia, T., & Montoya, E. (2016). The neotropical Gran Sabana region: Palaeoecology and conservation. HOLOCENE, 26(7), 1162-1167. doi:10.1177/0959683616632895DOI: 10.1177/0959683616632895
Inferring late-Holocene climate in the Ecuadorian Andes using a chironomid-based temperature inference model (Journal article)
Matthews-Bird, F., Brooks, S. J., Holden, P. B., Montoya, E., & Gosling, W. D. (2016). Inferring late-Holocene climate in the Ecuadorian Andes using a chironomid-based temperature inference model. CLIMATE OF THE PAST, 12(5), 1263-1280. doi:10.5194/cp-12-1263-2016DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-1263-2016
Climate variability and human impact in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives from pollen records (Journal article)
Flantua, S. G. A., Hooghiemstra, H., Vuille, M., Behling, H., Carson, J. F., Gosling, W. D., . . . Gonzalez-Arango, C. (2016). Climate variability and human impact in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives from pollen records. CLIMATE OF THE PAST, 12(2), 483-523. doi:10.5194/cp-12-483-2016DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-483-2016
2015
New insights on palaeofires and savannisation in northern South America (Journal article)
Rull, V., Montoya, E., Vegas-Vilarrubia, T., & Ballesteros, T. (2015). New insights on palaeofires and savannisation in northern South America. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 122, 158-165. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.032DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.032
Neotropical vegetation responses to Younger Dryas climates as analogs for future climate change scenarios and lessons for conservation (Journal article)
Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrubia, 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. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.003DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.003
2014
An 8700-year record of the interplay of environmental and human drivers in the development of the southern Gran Sabana landscape, SE Venezuela (Journal article)
Ballesteros, T., Montoya, E., Vegas-Vilarrubia, T., Giralt, S., Abbott, M. B., & 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. HOLOCENE, 24(12), 1757-1770. doi:10.1177/0959683614551229DOI: 10.1177/0959683614551229
Mauritia flexuosa palm swamp communities: natural or human-made? A palynological study of the Gran Sabana region (northern South America) within a neotropical context (Journal article)
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. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.007DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.007
A statistical sub-sampling tool for extracting vegetation community and diversity information from pollen assemblage data (Journal article)
Keen, H. F., Gosling, W. D., Hanke, F., Miller, C. S., Montoya, E., Valencia, B. G., & Williams, J. J. (2014). A statistical sub-sampling tool for extracting vegetation community and diversity information from pollen assemblage data. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 408, 48-59. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.001DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.001
Modern non-pollen palynomorphs sedimentation along an elevational gradient in the south-central Pyrenees (southwestern Europe) as a tool for Holocene paleoecological reconstruction (Journal article)
Lopez-Vila, J., Montoya, E., Canellas-Bolta, 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. HOLOCENE, 24(3), 327-345. doi:10.1177/0959683613518593DOI: 10.1177/0959683613518593
Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology (Journal article)
Seddon, A. W. R., Mackay, A. W., Baker, A. G., Birks, H. J. B., Breman, E., Buck, C. E., . . . Witkowski, A. (2014). Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 102(1), 256-267. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12195DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12195
2013
Ecological palaeoecology in the neotropical Gran Sabana region: Long-term records of vegetation dynamics as a basis for ecological hypothesis testing (Journal article)
Rull, V., Montoya, E., Nogue, S., Vegas-Vilarrubia, 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(6), 338-359. doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2013.07.004DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2013.07.004
2012
Non-pollen palynomorph studies in the Neotropics: The case of Venezuela (Journal article)
Montoya, E., Rull, V., & Vegas-Vilarrubia, T. (2012). Non-pollen palynomorph studies in the Neotropics: The case of Venezuela. REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY, 186, 102-130. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.06.008DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.06.008
2011
Forest-savanna-morichal dynamics in relation to fire and human occupation in the southern Gran Sabana (SE Venezuela) during the last millennia (Journal article)
Montoya, E., Rull, V., Stansell, N. D., Abbott, M. B., Nogue, S., Bird, B. W., & Diaz, W. A. (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(3), 335-344. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2011.06.014DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.06.014
Gran Sabana fires (SE Venezuela): a paleoecological perspective (Journal article)
Montoya, E., & Rull, V. (2011). Gran Sabana fires (SE Venezuela): a paleoecological perspective. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 30(23-24), 3430-3444. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.005DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.005
Early human occupation and land use changes near the boundary of the Orinoco and the Amazon basins (SE Venezuela): Palynological evidence from El Pauji record (Journal article)
Montoya, E., Rull, V., & Nogue, 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 Pauji record. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 310(3-4), 413-426. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.08.002DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.08.002
Quaternary palaeoecology and nature conservation: a general review with examples from the neotropics (Journal article)
Vegas-Vilarrubia, T., Rull, V., Montoya, E., & Safont, E. (2011). Quaternary palaeoecology and nature conservation: a general review with examples from the neotropics. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 30(19-20), 2361-2388. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.006DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.006
Vegetation changes in the Neotropical Gran Sabana (Venezuela) around the Younger Dryas chron (Journal article)
Montoya, E., Rull, V., Stansell, N. D., Bird, B. W., Nogue, S., Vegas-Vilarrubia, T., . . . Diaz, W. A. (2011). Vegetation changes in the Neotropical Gran Sabana (Venezuela) around the Younger Dryas chron. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 26(2), 207-218. doi:10.1002/jqs.1445DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1445
2010
Paleoenvironmental trends in Venezuela during the last glacial cycle (Chapter)
Rull, V., Abbott, M. B., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., Bezada, M., Montoya, E., Nogué, S., & González, C. (2010). Paleoenvironmental trends in Venezuela during the last glacial cycle. In Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics (pp. 52-83).
Non-pollen palynomorphs from surface sediments along an altitudinal transect of the Venezuelan Andes (Journal article)
Montoya, E., Rull, V., & van Geel, B. (2010). Non-pollen palynomorphs from surface sediments along an altitudinal transect of the Venezuelan Andes. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 297(1), 169-183. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.026DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.026
Palynological signal of the Younger Dryas in the tropical Venezuelan Andes (Journal article)
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(23-24), 3045-3056. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.012DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.012
Abrupt Younger Dryas cooling in the northern tropics recorded in lake sediments from the Venezuelan Andes (Journal article)
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(1-2), 154-163. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.040DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.040
2009
Paleoecología del Holoceno en la Gran Sabana, SE Venezuela: Análisis preliminar de polen y microcarbones en la Laguna Encantada (Journal article)
Montoya, E., Rull, V., Nogué, S., & Díaz, W. A. (2009). Paleoecología del Holoceno en la Gran Sabana, SE Venezuela: Análisis preliminar de polen y microcarbones en la Laguna Encantada. Collectanea Botanica, 28(1), 65–79. doi:10.3989/collectbot.2008.v28.005DOI: 10.3989/collectbot.2008.v28.005
Paleoecology of the Guayana Highlands (northern South America): Holocene pollen record from the Eruoda-tepui, in the Chimanta massif (Journal article)
Nogue, S., Rull, V., Montoya, E., Huber, O., & Vegas-Vilarrubia, T. (2009). Paleoecology of the Guayana Highlands (northern South America): Holocene pollen record from the Eruoda-tepui, in the Chimanta massif. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 281(1-2), 165-173. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.07.019DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.07.019
2008
Bureaucratic obstruction of conservation science in the Guayana Highlands (Journal article)
Rull, V., Vegas, T., Nogue, S., & Montoya, E. (2008). Bureaucratic obstruction of conservation science in the Guayana Highlands. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 22(3), 508-509. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00960.xDOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00960.x
2007
Pleistocene landscapes in central Iberia inferred from pollen analysis of hyena coprolites (Journal article)
Carrion, J. S., Scott, L., Arribas, A., Fuentes, N., Gil-Romera, G., & Montoya, E. (2007). Pleistocene landscapes in central Iberia inferred from pollen analysis of hyena coprolites. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 22(2), 191-202. doi:10.1002/jqs.1024DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1024
The Holocene and Upper Pleistocene pollen sequence of Carihuela Cave, southern Spain (Journal article)
Fernandez, S., Fuentes, N., Carrion, J. S., Gonzalez-Samperiz, P., Montoya, E., Gil, G., . . . Riquelme, J. A. (2007). The Holocene and Upper Pleistocene pollen sequence of Carihuela Cave, southern Spain. GEOBIOS, 40(1), 75-90. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2006.01.004DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2006.01.004
