The Holocene and Anthropocene Environmental History of Mexico A Paleoecological Approach on Mesoamerica /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Torrescano- Valle, Nuria (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Islebe, Gerald A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Roy, Priyadarsi D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Plant ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Geobiology.; Climatology.; Climate change.; Plant Ecology.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Biogeosciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 1) Introduction: The Holocene and Anthropocene Environmental History, of Mexico
• 2) Paleoclimate of the Gulf of California (Northwestern Mexico) during the last 2000 years
• 3) Holocene hydroclimate of the subtropical Mexico: a state of the art
• 4)The Environment of Ancient Cloud Forests in the Mexican Pacific
• 5) Sea level change and its influence on the coastal landscape in the Gulf of Mexico during the Holocene
• 6) Insights into the Holocene environmental history of the highlands in central Mexico
• 7) Integration of landscape approaches for the spatial reconstruction of the vegetation
• 8) Volcanic Activity in Mexico during the Holocene
• 9) Human Influence vs Natural Climate Variability
• 10) Holocene Paleoecology and Paleoclimatology of south and south-eastern Mexico: a palynological approach
• 11) From Calakmul to the Sea: The Historical Ecology of a Classic Maya City that Controlled the Candelaria/Champoton Watersheds
• 12) Lidar at El Pilar: Understanding Vegetation Above and Discovering the Ground Features Below in the Maya Forest.