Encarnación Montoya Romo
Researcher
Environmental Geology and Geohazards
Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera
Spain
Biography
Educational Background: 2007 – 2011 PhD Biology (Paleoecology of the southern Gran Sabana (SE Venezuela) since the Late Glacial to the present), Dep. Animal Biology, Plant Biology & Ecology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Best PhD award. 2006 – 2008 MPhil (Diversity and function of Mediterranean ecosystems), Dep. Animal Biology, Plant Biology & Ecology, Autonomous University of Barcelona. 2000 – 2005 Biology degree (5-years degree), University of Murcia.
Research Interest
Palaeoecological applications of palynology, Biotic responses to environmental change and natural hazards, Vegetation-humans-climate interactions, Palaeoecology and global warming, Tropical biodiversity and biogeography, High-mountain palaeoecology, The temporal continuum in ecology, Traditional knowledge for ecosystems services, Development of new palaeoecological proxies or techniques, Palaeoethnobotany.
Publications
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Loughlin, N., Gosling, W., & Montoya, E. (2017). Identifying environmental drivers of fungal non-pollen palynomorphs in the montane forest of the eastern Andean flank, Ecuador. Quaternary Research, 1-15. doi:10.1017/qua.2017.73
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Rull, V., Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T. and Montoya, E. (2017), Paleoecology as a guide to landscape conservation and restoration in the neotropical Gran Sabana, Past Global Changes Magazine, doi: 10.1111/bre.12222.
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Rull, V., and E. Montoya Holocene vegetation dynamics on the Apakará summit of the neotropical Guayana Highlands and potential environmental drivers, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.02.007.
