Author : Nuria Torrescano- Valle
Release : 2019-12-02
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 196/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Holocene and Anthropocene Environmental History of Mexico by : Nuria Torrescano- Valle
Download or read book The Holocene and Anthropocene Environmental History of Mexico written by Nuria Torrescano- Valle. This book was released on 2019-12-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.