My list of publications, comments, expert reports, popular science articles and my theses
Peer reviewed publications and chapters
Van der Sande, M., Bush, M., Akesson, C.M., Berrio, J-C, Correa-Metrío, A., Flantua, S.G.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Maezumi, S.Y., McMichael, C.N.H., Montoya, E., Mosblech, N.A.S., Nascimento, M. de Novaes, Peña-Claros, M., Poorter, L., Raczka, M.F., Gosling, W.D. (2023). Warming, drought and disturbances lead to shifts in functional composition; a millennial-scale analysis for Amazonian and Andean sites. Global Change Biology. Link
Pacheco-Riaño, C., Flantua, S.G.A.*, Grytnes, J-A.* 2023. Can Plants “Move” Fast Enough to Escape Climate Change? Frontiers for Young Minds. (*senior authors) Link
Flantua, S.G.A.*, Mottl., O.*, Felde, V.A.*, Bhatta, K.P.*, Birks, H.H., Grytnes, JA, Seddon, A.W.R., Birks, H.J.B. 2023. A guide to the processing and standardization of global palaeoecological data for large-scale syntheses using fossil pollen. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Link. (*first authors)
Albert, J.S., Carnaval, A.C., Flantua, S.G.A., Lohmann, L.G., Ribas, C.C., Riff, D., Carrillo, J.D., Fan, Y., Figueiredo, J.J.P., Guayasamin, J.M., Hoorn, C., de Melo, G.H., Nascimento, N., Quesada, C.A. Ulloa Ulloa, C., Val, P. Arieira, J., Encalada, A.C., Nobre, C.A. 2023. Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon. Science 379(6630), Link
Pacheco-Riaño, L.C., Schei, F.H., Flantua, S.G.A.*, Grytnes, J-A.* 2023. Lags in the response of plant assemblages to global warming depends on temperature-change velocity. Global Ecology and Biogeography. Link (*senior authors)
Bhatta, K. P., Mottl, O., Felde, V. A., Flantua, S. G. A., Birks, H. H., Cao, X., Chen, F., Grytnes, J.-A., Seddon, A. W. R., & Birks, H. J. B. (2023). Exploring spatio-temporal patterns of palynological changes in Asia during the Holocene. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11. Link
Hooghiemstra, H., Cleef, A.M., Flantua, S.G.A., 2022. A paleoecological context to assess the development of oak forest in Colombia: A comment on Zorilla-Azcué, S., Gonzalez-Rodríguez, A., Oyama, K., González, M.A., & Rodríguez-Correa, H., The DNA history of a lonely oak: Quercus humboldtii phylogeography in the Colombian Andes. Ecology and Evolution 2021, doi: 10.100-2/ece3.7529. Ecology and Evolution 12, e8702. Link
O’Dea, A., Flantua, S.G.A., Leray, M., Lueders-Dumont, J.A., Titcomb. M.C.. 2022. Pleistocene sea level changes and crocodile population histories on the Isthmus of Panama: A comment on Avila-Cervantes et al. (2020). Evolution.
Tovar, C., Carril, A.F., Gutierrez, A.G., Ahrends, A., Fita, L., Zaninelli, P., Flombaum, O., Abarzua, A.M., Alarcon, D., Aschero, V., Baez, S., Barros, A., Carilla, J., Eugenia Ferrero, M., Flantua S.G.A., Gonzáles, P., Menéndez C.G., Pérez-Escobar, O.A., Pauchard, A., Ruscica, R.C., Sarkinen, T., Sörensson, A.A., Srur, A., Villalba, R., Hollingsworth, P.M. 2022. Understanding climate change impacts on plant distributions in the Andes: challenges and opportunities. Journal of Biogeography. Link
Hooghiemstra*, H., Sarmiento Pérez, G., Torres Torres, V., Berrío, J-C., Lourens, L., Flantua, S.G.A.* 2022. 60 years of scientific deep drilling in Colombia: the north Andean guide to the Quaternary. Scientific Drilling 10, 1-15. (* senior authors)
Sales, R., McMichael, M., Flantua, S.G.A., Hagemans, K., Zondervan, Z.R., González-Arango, C., Church, W., Bush, M. 2022. Potential distributions of pre-Columbian people in Tropical Andean landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences 20200502. Link.
Bacon, C.D., Gutiérrez-Pinto, N., Flantua, S., Castellanos Suárez, D., Jaramillo, C., Pennington, R.T., Antonelli, A., 2021. The seasonally dry tropical forest species Cavanillesia chicamochae has a middle Quaternary origin. Biotropica 54 (1), 91-99. Link
Bradshaw, R.H.W., Styles, B., Giesecke, T., Flantua, S.G.A., Bittmann, F., Williams, J.W., 2021. Eric C. Grimm 1951–2020. Veget Hist Archaeobot. Link
Mottl, O.*, Flantua, S.G.A.*, Bhatta, K.P., Felde, V.A., Giesecke, T., Goring, S., Grimm, E.C., Haberle, S., Hooghiemstra, H., Ivory, S., Kuneš, P., Wolters, S., Seddon, A., Williams, J.W., 2021. Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change over the last 18,000 years. Science 372 (860-864). (* first authors) Link
Diazgranados*, M., Tovar, C., Etherington, T.R., Rodríguez-Zorro, P., Castellanos-Castro, C., Galvis Rueda, M., Flantua*, S.G.A. Ecosystem services show variable responses to future climate conditions in the high Andes. PeerJ. (2021) e11370. Link (* corresponding authors
Mottl, O., Grytnes, J.-A., Seddon, A.W.R., Steinbauer, M.J., Bhatta, K.P., Felde, V.A., Flantua, S.G.A., Birks, H.J.B., 2021. Rate-of-change analysis in paleoecology revisited: A new approach. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 293, 104483. Link (preprint)
Hooghiemstra, H., Flantua, S., 2020. Book review: Quaternary ecology, evolution, and biogeography, Valenti Rull. Academic Press, Elsevier (2020). Quaternary Science Reviews 247, 106608. Link.
Flantua, S.G.A., Payne, D., Borregaard, M.K., Beierkuhnlein, C., Steinbauer, M.J., Dullinger, S., Essl, F., Irl, S.D.H., Kienle, D., Kreft, H., Lenzner, B., Norder, S.J., Rijsdijk, K.R., Rumpf, S.B., Weigelt, P., Field, R., 2020. Snapshot isolation and isolation history challenge the analogy between mountains and islands used to understand endemism. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (10): 1651-1673. Link
Nürk, N.M., Linder, H.P., Onstein, R.E., Larcombe, M.J., Hughes, C.E., Fernández, L.P., Schlüter, P.M., Valente, L.M., Beierkuhnlein, C., Cutts, V., Donoghue, M.J., Edwards, E.J., Field, R., Flantua, S.G.A., Higgins, S.I., Jentsch, A., Liede-Schumann, S., Pirie, M.D., 2020. Diversification in evolutionary arenas – assessment and synthesis. Ecology and Evolution. Link (preprint)
Onstein, R.E., Vink, D.N., Veen, J., Barratt, C.D., Flantua, S.G.A., Wich, S.A., Kissling, W.D., 2020. Palm fruit colours are linked to the broad-scale distribution and diversification of primate colour vision systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences. 287: 20192731. Link
Bilbao et al., 2019. Transforming fire suppression into an intercultural and participative fire management policy in Canaima National Park, Venezuela. A learning together and Indigenous, academic and institutional knowledge integration process. Biodiversidade Brasileira-BioBrasil 1, 316. Link
Felde, V.A., Flantua, S.G.A., Jenks, C.R., Benito, B.M., de Beaulieu, J.-L., Kuneš, P., Magri, D., Nalepka, D., Risebrobakken, B., ter Braak, C.J.F., Allen, J.R.M., Granoszewski, W., Helmens, K.F., Huntley, B., Kondratienė, O., Kalniņa, L., Kupryjanowicz, M., Malkiewicz, M., Milner, A.M., Nita, M., Noryśkiewicz, B., Pidek, I.A., Reille, M., Salonen, J.S., Šeirienė, V., Winter, H., Tzedakis, P.C., Birks, H.J.B., 2019. Compositional turnover and variation in Eemian pollen sequences in Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 29, 101-109. Link
Flantua, S.G.A., O’Dea, A., Onstein, R., Giraldo, C., Hooghiemstra, H., 2019. The flickering connectivity system of the north Andean páramos. Journal of Biogeography 46, 1808-1825. Link
Montade, V., Ledru M.P., Giesecke, T., Flantua, S.G.A., Behling, H., Peyron, O., 2019. A new modern pollen dataset describing the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The Holocene 29(8), 1253-1262. Link
Hooghiemstra, H. & Flantua, S.G.A., 2019. Colombia in the Quaternary: an overview of environmental and climatic change, in: Gómez, J., Pinilla–Pachon, A.O. (Eds.), The Geology of Colombia. Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Bogotá, pp. 43–104. Link
Antonelli*, A., Kissling*, W.D., Flantua*, S.G.A., Bermúdez, M.A., Mulch, A., Muellner-Riehl, A.N., Kreft, H., Linder, H.P., Badgley, C., Fjeldså, J., Fritz, S.A., Rahbek, C., Herman, F., Hooghiemstra, H., Hoorn*, C., 2018. Geological and climatic determinants of mountain biodiversity. Nature Geoscience 11, 718–725. (* first co-authorship). Link
Flantua, S.G.A. & Hooghiemstra, H., 2018. Historical connectivity and mountain biodiversity; with special reference to Andean plants. In: Hoorn C., Perrigo, A., Antonelli A. (eds.), Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity. Chapter 12, Wiley. 171-185
Hoorn, C., Bogotá-Angel, G.R., Romero-Baez, M., Lammertsma, E.I., Flantua, S.G.A., Dantas, E.I., Dino, R., do Carmo, D.A., Chemale Jr, F., 2017. The Amazon at Sea: Onset and stages of the Amazon River from a marine record, with special reference to Neogene plant turnover in the drainage basin. Global and Planetary Change 153, 51-65. Link
Salamanca, S.S., Van Soelen, E.E., Van Manen, M.L.T., Flantua, S.G.A., Santos, R.V., Roddaz, M., Dantas, E.L., Van Loon, E., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Kim, J.H., Hoorn, C., 2016. Amazon forest dynamics under changing abiotic conditions in the early Miocene (Colombian Amazonia). Journal of Biogeography 43(12), 2424-2437. Link
Flantua, S.G.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Vuille, M., Behling, H., Carson, J.F., Gosling, W.D., Hoyos, I., Ledru, M.P., Montoya, E., Mayle, F., Maldonado, A., Rull, V., Tonello, M.S., Whitney, B.S., González-Arango, C., 2016a. Climate variability and human impact in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives from pollen records. Climate of the Past 12, 483–523. Link
Flantua, S.G.A., Blaauw, M., Hooghiemstra, H., 2016b. Geochronological database and classification system for age uncertainties in Neotropical pollen records. Climate of the Past 12, 387–414. Link
Flantua, S.G.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Grimm, E.C., Behling, H., Bush, M.B., González-Arango, C., Gosling, W.D., Ledru, M.-P., Lozano-García, S., Maldonado, A., Prieto, A.R., Rull, V., Van Boxel, J.H., 2015. Updated site compilation of the Latin American Pollen Database. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 223, 104–115. Link
Hoorn, H. & Flantua, S.G.A. 2015. An early start for the Panama land bridge. Science 348 (6231):186-187. Link
Flantua, S.G.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Van Boxel, J.H., Cabrera, M., González-Carranza, Z., González-Arango, C. 2014. Connectivity dynamics since the Last Glacial Maximum in the northern Andes; a pollen-driven framework to assess potential migration. In: W.D. Stevens, O.M. Montiel, P. Raven (eds.) Monographs in Systematic Botany Missouri Botanical Garden 128, 98-123. Paleobotany and Biogeography: A Festschrift for Alan Graham in His 80th Year. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St Louis, MO. ISBN 978-0-915279-97-5 Link
Grimm, E.C., Bradshaw, R.H.W., Flantua, S.G.A., Giesecke, T., Lézine, A.M., Takahara, H., Williams. J.W. 2013. Databases and their application. In: S.A. Elias (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science 3, pp. 831-838. Elsevier, Amsterdam. ISBN: 978-0-444-53642-6
Flantua, S.G.A., Bilbao, B., Rosales, J. 2013. Indigenous land use and land cover changes in the National Park of Canaima, Venezuela: Pemón Sector II Kamarata. In: LT. Lopes, S. Arley, J. Silveira da Costa, E.R. Baptista (eds.). Libro Escudo Guianês, biodiversidade, conservação dos recursos naturais e cultura, pp. 209-224. NAEA, GSF, Belém, Georgetown. Link
Rincon, A., Pascual, U., Flantua, S.G.A. 2013. Examining spatially varying relationships between coca crops and associated factors in Colombia, using geographically weight regression. Applied Geography 37: 23-33. Link
Romero, M.H., Flantua, S.G.A., Tansey, K., Berrío, J.C. 2012. Landscape transformation in savannas of northern South America: Land use / cover changes since 1987 in the Llanos Orientales of Colombia. Applied Geography 32: 766-776. Link
Flantua, S.G.A., Boxel, v. J.H., Hooghiemstra, H., Smaalen, J. 2007. Application of GIS and logistic regression to fossil pollen data in modeling present and past spatial distribution of the Colombian savanna. Climate Dynamics 29(7-8): 697-712. Link
Popular Science Articles
Payne, D., Hoorn, C., Randin, C., Flantua, S.G.A., 2020. Past changes in species diversity: A view from the mountains. Past Global Changes Magazine 28(1), 18-19. Link
Morrison, K.D., Hammer, E., Popova, L., Madella, M., Whitehouse, N., Gaillard, M-J., LandCover6k Land-Use Group Members (Flantua, S.G.A.). Global-scale comparisons of human land use: developing shared terminology for land-use practices for global change. Past Global Changes Magazine 26(1), 8-9.
Van Boxel, J.H., Brandts, E.B., Flantua, S.G.A., Grimm, E.C., Hooghiemstra, H., Van Loon, E.E., 2017. Data description for the DANS project: Disclosure of paleoecological datasets of IBED, FNWI, UvA. DANS Report.
Hooghiemstra, H., Flantua, S.G.A., 2017. Hergebruik van data. LAPD – Latin American Pollen Database. Geobrief 3, 14-16
Flantua, S.G.A., Hooghiemstra, H., Grimm, E.C., Markgraf, V., 2013. Updated Latin American Pollen Database: Version 2013 in preparation for NEOTOMA. Past Global Changes Magazine 21, 88
Expert reports
Val, P., Figueiredo, J. Gustavo de Melo, Flantua, S.G.A., Quesada, C.A., Fan, Y., Albert, J.A., Guayasamin, J.M., Hoorn, C., 2021. Chapter 1: Geological History and Geodiversity of the Amazon. In: Nobre et al. Amazon Assessment Report 2021. United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, New York, USA. https://www.theamazonwewant.org/spa-reports/. DOI: 10.55161/POFE6241
Rincón, S.A., Suárez, C.F., Romero-Ruiz M., Flantua, S.G.A., Sarmiento, A., Hernández, N., Palacios Lozano, M.T., Naranjo, L.G., Usma, S. 2014. Identifying highly biodiverse savannas based on the European Union Renewable Energy Directive (SuLu Map): Conceptual background and technical guidance. WWF Colombia, Bogotá, 104 pp.
Bustamente, C., Osorio, F., Rojas, L., Cáceres, X, Romero-Ruiz, M., Sarmiento Dueñas, A., Flórez, N., Hernández, N., Porras, M., Flantua, S.G.A., Vargas, M.C., Beltrán, D., Giménez, N., Tellez, P. 2013. Strategic management plan for the River Orinoco waterbasin, Colombia - Phase I and II. Instituto de investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt – 4D Elements Consultores S.A.S. – INGEAG, Bogotá, 320 pp. (In Spanish)
Romero-Ruiz, M., Flantua, S.G.A., Sarmiento, A., Hernández, N. 2013. Defining conservation areas in the Orinoco, Colombia: Analysis of studies completed or in progress. WWF Colombia, Bogotá, 38 pp.
Flantua, S.G.A., Uribe B., C.E. 2001. Aproximación a una caracterización de la zona de influencia de la Quebrada Cameguada en el municipio de Chinchiná, Departamento de Caldas. Unidad Municipal de Asistencia Técnica Agropecuaria (UMATA). Chinchiná, Caldas, 56 pp.
UNPUBLISHED THESES:
Flantua, S.G.A. (2017). Climate change and topography as drivers of Latin American biome dynamics. PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam. Link
Flantua, S.G.A. (2008). Land use and land-cover changes in the Sector II. Kamarata in the National Park Canaima, Venezuela. Master thesis II, University of Amsterdam.
Flantua S.G.A. (2005). Modelling the spatial distribution of the Colombian Savanna: Los Llanos Orientales. Master Thesis I, University of Amsterdam. Link
Comments to other papers
Onstein, R.E., Vink, D.N., Veen, J., Barratt, C.D., Flantua, S.G.A., Wich, S.A., Kissling, W.D., 2020. Understanding the relationship between fruit colour and primate vision requires multiple lines of evidence. A reply to Heymann & Fuzessy. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences 288 (1943).
Hooghiemstra, H. & Flantua, S.G.A.. Interactive comment on “Early Pliocene vegetation and hydrology changes in western equatorial South America” by Friederike Grimmer et al.”. Clim. Past. Discussions. Link.