Bio

Professional address

Université de Montréal
Département de géographie – Campus MIL
1375, Avenue Thérèse Lavoie-Roux – Bureau B-5011
Montréal QC H2V 0B3

E-mail : blarquez@gmail.com
Phone : 514-343-6111 #43256

Academic background

  • 2007-2011: PhD. Palaeoenvironments and Chronoecology Lab, EPHE, Montpellier.
  • 2005-2007: Master Degree in Environment and Biodiversity Management, EPHE, Paris.

Professionnal  experience

  • 2014-2020: Assistant Professor.
    Département de Géographie. Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
  • 2011-2014: Postdoctoral Researcher.
    Centre for Forest Research, UQÀM, Montreal, Canada.
  • 2010-2011: Temporary Lecturer and Research Assistant.
    University of Montpellier, France.

Area of expertise

Current research projects:

Past and future dynamics of marginal temperate ecosystems of Québec at their northern range limit.
Climate change and dynamics of ecosystem transitions during the Holocene.
Quantification and calibration of paleoproxies: charcoal and pollen.
Boreal and temperate forests monitoring facing climate change.

Key words

Fire, Macrofossils, Pollen, Charcoal, Paleoecology, Boreal forest, Tropical and Mediterranean ecosystems, Holocene, Climatic changes.

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