Valentà Rull Del Castillo
Scientific staff
Environmental Geology and Geohazards
Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera
Spain
Biography
Educational Background: Licenciate in Biological Sciences. University of Barcelona (UB), Faculty of Biology. Barcelona, Spain. 1981. Advisor: Ramon Margalef. MS in Biology (Ecology) Magna Cum Laude. Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. 1986. Advisor: M. L. Salgado-Labouriau. PhD in Biology (Ecology) Magna Cum Laude. Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. 1990. Advisor: Carlos Schubert. Homologated to the Spanish Doctorate in September 2004.
Research Interest
Paleoecological applications of palynology, Biotic responses to environmental change, Paleoecology and global warming, Tropical biodiversity and biogeography, High-mountain paleoecology, The temporal continuum in ecology, Conservation ecology: conceptual aspects, Science and society.
Publications
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Rull, V., and T. Vegas-Vilarrúbia (2017), Potential Responses of Vascular Plants from the Pristine “Lost World†of the Neotropical Guayana Highlands to Global Warming: Review and New Perspectives, Frontiers in Plant Science, 8(81), doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00081.
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Raposeiro, P. M., et al. (2017), Impact of the historical introduction of exotic fishes on the chironomid community of Lake Azul (Azores Islands), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 466, 77-88, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11.015.
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Rull, V. (2016), La Isla de Pascua. Una visión cientÃfica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas (España).
