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Overview

Carina Hoorn is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these domains, their work focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered by Hoorn's publications include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Fish Biology, Ecology and Behavior, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Carina Hoorn include:

  • "Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon" (2023, Science)
  • "The Andes through time: evolution and distribution of Andean floras" (2022, Wiardi Beckman Foundation)
  • "Cenozoic evolution of the steppe-desert biome in Central Asia" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "The Miocene wetland of western Amazonia and its role in Neotropical biogeography" (2021, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • "Orbital variations as a major driver of climate and biome distribution during the greenhouse to icehouse transition" (2021, Science Advances)

Hoorn frequently publishes in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions to the Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Science, Science Advances, and Global and Planetary Change.

Frequent collaborators include Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Alexis Licht, Huasheng Huang, Giovanni Bogotá-Ángel, and Natasha Barbolini, reflecting an active engagement in multi-author research projects.

Best Publications

  • Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity

    C. Hoorn;F. P. Wesselingh;H. ter Steege;M. A. Bermudez

  • Andean tectonics as a cause for changing drainage patterns in Miocene northern South America

    Carina Hoorn;Javier Guerrero;Gustavo A. Sarmiento;Maria A. Lorente

  • Geological and climatic influences on mountain biodiversity

    A. Antonelli;W.D. Kissling;S.G.A. Flantua;S.G.A. Flantua;Bermúdez

  • Marine incursions and the influence of Andean tectonics on the Miocene depositional history of northwestern Amazonia: results of a palynostratigraphic study

    Carina Hoorn

  • Late Miocene onset of the Amazon River and the Amazon deep-sea fan: Evidence from the Foz do Amazonas Basin

    J. Figueiredo;J. Figueiredo;C. Hoorn;P. van der Ven;E. Soares

  • An environmental reconstruction of the palaeo-Amazon River system (Middle–Late Miocene, NW Amazonia)

    Carina Hoorn

  • Why mountains matter for biodiversity

    Allison Perrigo;Carina Hoorn;Alexandre Antonelli;Alexandre Antonelli

  • Tibetan uplift prior to the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition: Evidence from pollen analysis of the Xining Basin

    G. Dupont-Nivet;C. Hoorn;M. Konert

  • Amazonia: landscape and species evolution: a look into the past

    C. Hoorn;F.P. Wesselingh

  • Mountains, climate and biodiversity

    C. Hoorn;A. Perrigo;A. Antonelli

  • Biodiversity from mountain building

    Carina Hoorn;Volker Mosbrugger;Andreas Mulch;Alexandre Antonelli

  • 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

    Carina Hoorn;Giovanni R. Bogotá-A;Giovanni R. Bogotá-A;Millerlandy Romero-Baez;Emmy I. Lammertsma;Emmy I. Lammertsma

  • Fluvial palaeoenvironments in the intracratonic Amazonas Basin (Early Miocene-early Middle Miocene, Colombia)

    Carina Hoorn

  • The changing course of the Amazon River in the Neogene: center stage for Neotropical diversification

    James S. Albert;Pedro Val;Pedro Val;Carina Hoorn

  • Aridification in continental Asia after the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO)

    Roderic E. Bosboom;Hemmo A. Abels;Carina Hoorn;Bas C.J. van den Berg

  • The development of the Amazonian mega-wetland (Miocene; Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)

    Carina Hoorn;Frank P. Wesselingh;Jussi Hovikoski;Javier Guerrero

  • Palynological evidence for vegetation development and climatic change in the Sub-Himalayan Zone (Neogene, Central Nepal)

    Carina Hoorn;Carina Hoorn;Tank Ohja;Jay Quade

  • A late Eocene palynological record of climate change and Tibetan Plateau uplift (Xining Basin, China)

    Carina Hoorn;Julia Straathof;Hemmo A. Abels;Yadong Xu

  • Cenozoic evolution of the steppe-desert biome in Central Asia.

    N. Barbolini;N. Barbolini;A. Woutersen;G. Dupont-Nivet;G. Dupont-Nivet;G. Dupont-Nivet;Daniele Silvestro

  • On the Origin of Amazonian Landscapes and Biodiversity: A Synthesis

    Frank P. Wesselingh;Carina Hoorn;Salomon B. Kroonenberg;Alexandre Antonelli

  • The origin of the modern Amazon rainforest: implications of the palynological and palaeobotanical record

    Carlos Jaramillo;Carina Hoorn;Silane A. F. Silva;Silane A. F. Silva;Fatima Leite;Fatima Leite

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg
Frank P. Wesselingh
Frank P. Wesselingh Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Pierrick Roperch
Pierrick Roperch University of Rennes
Hemmo A. Abels
Hemmo A. Abels Delft University of Technology
Yannick Donnadieu
Yannick Donnadieu Aix-Marseille University
Henry Hooghiemstra
Henry Hooghiemstra University of Amsterdam
Zhaojie Guo
Zhaojie Guo Peking University
Carlos Jaramillo
Carlos Jaramillo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Andreas Mulch
Andreas Mulch Goethe University Frankfurt

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