Patricio Moreno
Patricio Iván Moreno

Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Chile
E-mail: pimoreno@uchile.cl
Phone: 56-2-9787391
Fax: 56-2-2727363

 
 


Education: Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Licenciatura en Biología, 1991. M.Sc. University of Maine, M.Sc. in Quaternary Sciences, 1994. University of Maine, Ph.D. in Plant Biology, 1998.

Present academic positions: Assistant Professor, University de Chile. Associate Investigator, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB).

Honors and prizes: Oustanding Young Scientist Award, Biological Society of Chile, 2005. BBVA Prize in Conservation Biology Research Foundation, 2004. "Frontiers in Science" Young Scientist Program, Chilean Academy of Sciences, 2004-2006. Geological Society of America, Outstanding Student Research Award, 1998

Research: My research is focused on the study of past patterns, rates, and mechanisms of vegetation and climate change during the Quaternary (the last 2 million years). In order to accomplish this goal I am studying fossil plant and charcoal remains, the sediments in which they occur, and the spatial context in which the study sites are located. This approach allows examining past vegetation change at multiple temporal scales ranging from decades to tenths of thousands of years, with the aim of understanding current biogeographic patterns and the paleoenvironmental evolution of our study areas. We are working in northern and southern Patagonia with the objective of understanding the environmental context (climatic and non-climatic) in which the profound biological transformations associated with the last glacial-interglacial cycle have taken place. By means of comparing the similarities and differences of our results with similar geohistorical records we can establish comparisons at multiple spatial scales (regional, continental, intra and interhemispheric), and gain insights into the causes and consequences of past global changes. My main field sites at present are situated in the area of Torres del Paine National Park in Chile in thPatagonia.

Publications

  • Abarzúa, A.M. & P.I. Moreno (2008) Changing fire regimes in the temperate rainforest region of southern Chile over the last 16,000 yr. Quaternary Research 69: 62-71. <PDF>
  • Moy, C.M., R.B. Dunbar, P.I. Moreno, J.P. Francois, R. Villa-Martínez, D.M. Mucciarone, T.P. Guilderson & R.D. Garreaud (2008) Isotopic evidence for hydrologic change related to the westerlies in SW Patagonia, Chile, during the last millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews 27: 1335– 1349. <PDF>

  • Power, M.J., J. Marlon, N. Ortiz, P.J. Bartlein, S.P. Harrison, F.E. Mayle, A. Ballouche, R.H.W. Bradshaw, C. Carcaillet, C. Cordova, S. Mooney, P.I. Moreno, I.C. Prentice, K. Thonicke, W. Tinner, C. Whitlock, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, A.A. Ali, R.S. Anderson, R. Beer, H. Behling, C. Briles, K.J. Brown, A. Brunelle, M. Bush, P. Camill, G.Q. Chu, J. Clark, D. Colombaroli, S. Connor, A.-L. Daniau, M. Daniels, J. Dodson, E. Doughty, M.E. Edwards, W. Finsinger, D. Foster, J. Frechette, M.-J. Gaillard, D.G. Gavin, E. Gobet, S. Haberle, D.J. Hallett, P. Higuera, G. Hope, S. Horn, J. Inoue, P. Kaltenrieder, L. Kennedy, Z.C. Kong, C. Larsen, C.J. Long, J. Lynch, E.A. Lynch, M. McGlone, S. Meeks, S. Mensing, G. Meyer, T. Minckley, J. Mohr, D.M. Nelson, J. New, R. Newnham, R. Noti, W. Oswald, J. Pierce, P.J.H. Richard, C. Rowe, M.F. Sanchez Goñi, B.J. Shuman, H. Takahara, J. Toney, C. Turney, D.H. Urrego-Sanchez, C. Umbanhowar, M. Vandergoes, B. Vanniere, E. Vescovi, M. Walsh, X. Wang, N. Williams, J. Wilmshurst & J.H. Zhang (2008) Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data. Climate Dynamics 30 (7-8): 887-907. <PDF>
  • Latorre, C., P.I. Moreno, G. Vargas, A. Maldonado, R. Villa-Martínez, J.J. Armesto, C. Villagrán, M. Pino, L. Núñez & M. Grosjean (2007) Late Quaternary environments and paleoclimate. In: (W. Gibbons & T. Moreno, eds), “The Geology of Chile”, pp. 309-328. London Geological Society Press, London. <PDF>
  • Villa-Martínez, R. & P.I. Moreno (2007) Pollen evidence for variations in the southern margin of the westerly winds in SW Patagonia over the last 12,600 years. Quaternary Research 68: 400-409. <PDF>
  • Whitlock, C., P.I. Moreno & P. Bartlein (2007) Climatic controls of Holocene fire patterns in southern South America. Quaternary Research 68: 28-36. <PDF>
  • Aguirre, L., R. Garreaud, F. Hervé, E. Kausel, P.I. Moreno, M.V. Soto, I. Tapia y G. Yáñez (2006) Ciencias de la Tierra. In: (J. Allende, J. Babul, S. Martínez & T. Ureta, eds), "Análisis y Proyecciones de la Ciencia Chilena 2005", pp. 343-374. Academia Chilena de Ciencias, Santiago. <PDF>
  • Abarzúa, A.M., C. Villagrán & P.I. Moreno (2004) Deglacial and postglacial climate history in east-central Isla Grande de Chiloé, southern Chile (43ºS). Quaternary Research 62: 49-59. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I. (2004) Millennial-scale climate variability in northwest Patagonia over the last 15,000 yr. Journal of Quaternary Science 19: 35-47. <PDF>
  • Hajdas, I., G. Bonani, P.I. Moreno & D. Ariztegui (2003) Precise radiocarbon dating of Late-Glacial cooling in mid-latitude South America. Quaternary Research 59: 70-78. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I. & A.L. León (2003) Abrupt vegetation changes during the last glacial to Holocene transition in mid-latitude South America. Journal of Quaternary Science 18: 787-800. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I. (2002) Cambio climático. Última glaciación. Investigación y Ciencia septiembre: 30-31. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I. (2002) Western Patagonia: a key area for understanding Quaternary paleoclimate at southern mid-latitudes. In: (G. Casassa, F.V. Sepulveda & R.M. Sinclair, eds), "The Patagonian Icefields. A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies", pp. 43-54. Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I., G.L. Jacobson, T.V. Lowell & G.H. Denton (2001) Interhemispheric climate links revealed by a late-glacial cooling episode in southern Chile. Nature 409: 804-808. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I. (2000) Climate, fire, and vegetation between about 13,000 and 9200 14C yr B.P. in the Chilean Lake District. Quaternary Research 54: 81-89. <PDF>
  • Denton, G.H., T.V. Lowell, P.I. Moreno, B.G. Andersen & C. Schlüchter (1999) Geomorphology, stratigraphy, and radiocarbon chronology of Llanquihue Drift in the area of the Southern Lake District, Seno Reloncaví, and Isla Grande de Chiloé, Chile. Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography 81 A: 167-229. <PDF>
  • Denton, G.H., T.V. Lowell, P.I Moreno, B.G. Andersen & C. Schlüchter (1999) Interhemispheric linkage of paleoclimate during the last glaciation. Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography 81 A: 107-153. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I., G.L. Jacobson, B. Andersen, T.V. Lowell, & G.H. Denton (1999) Abrupt vegetation and climate changes during the last glacial maximum and the last Termination in the Chilean Lake District: A case study from Canal de la Puntilla (41ºS). Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography 81 A: 285-311. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I. (1997) Vegetation and climate change near Lago Llanquihue in the Chilean Lake District between 20,200 and 9500 14C yr B.P. Journal of Quaternary Science 12: 485-500. <PDF>
  • Villagrán, C., P.I. Moreno & R. Villa (1996) Antecedentes palinológicos acerca de la historia cuaternaria de los bosques chilenos. In: (J.J. Armesto, C. Villagrán & M.T.K. Arroyo, eds), "Ecología de los Bosques Nativos de Chile", pp. 51-69. Editorial Universitaria, Santiago. <PDF>
  • Andersen, B.G., G.H. Denton, C.J. Heusser, T.V. Lowell, P.I. Moreno, A. Hauser, L.E. Heusser, C. Schluchter & D. Marchants (1995) Climate, vegetation, and glacier fluctuations in Chile between 40º30' and 42º30'S Latitude - A short review of preliminary results. Quaternary International 28: 199-201. <PDF>
  • Lowell, T.V., C.J. Heusser, B.G. Andersen, P.I. Moreno, A. Hauser, G.H. Denton, L.E. Heusser, C. Schluchter & D. Marchant (1995) Interhemispheric correlation of Late Pleistocene Glacial events. Science 269: 1541-1549. <PDF>
  • Moreno, P.I., C. Villagrán, P.A. Marquet & L.G. Marshall (1994) Quaternary paleobiogeography of northern and central Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 67: 487-502. <PDF>

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