PUBLICATIONS
Peer review book chapters and manuscripts
(*) Students at the time of research
2023
76. Correa-Metrio A, Cordero Oviedo C, Gamez-Nunez E*, Olivares-Casillas G, Escobar J, Curtis JH, Perez L, Blaauw M, Bernal JP. The evolution of
the Maya coastal landscape in the Mexican Caribbean during the last 6200 years. Quaternary Science Reviews. 314. 108214
75. Seitz C, Kenney FWF, Patterson-Boyarski B*, Curtis JH, Velez MI, Seitz C, Glodzik K*, Escobar J, Brenner M. Sea level and paleoenvironmental
responses in a coastal Florida salt marsh over the last three centuries. Journal of Paleolimnology. 69. 327-343
74. Wright MN*, Bird BW, Gibson DK, Pollard H, Escobar J, Barr RC. Fluvial responses to late Holocene hydroclimate variability in the
midcontinental United States. Quaternary Science Reviews. 301. 107939
2022
73. Gibson DK*, Bird BW, Pollard HJ, Nealy CA, Barr RC, Escobar J. 2022. Using sediment accumulation rates in floodplain paleochannel
lakes to reconstruct climate-flood relationships on the lower Ohio River. Quaternary Science Reviews. 298. 107852
72. Arias P, and (others, Escobar J). 2022. Tercera Comunicación Nacional sobre Cambio Climático de Colombia: implicaciones
metodológicas e inconsistencias: Tercera CNCC Colombia. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat. 46(180), 769-794.
71. Jaramillo C, Krigsfeld Shuster G, Rojas CD, Henao A, Ojeda GY, Caballero D, Escobar-Florez S, Gomez S, Escobar J. 2022. Upper Pleistocene
deposits from the Cauca Valley River. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat. 46(179). 482-495.
70. Benito X, Feitl M, Carrevedo M, Velez MI, Escobar J, Tapia P, Steinitz-Kannan M, Fritz S. 2022. Tropical South American Diatom Database:
a tool for macro ecology of microorganisms. Diatom Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2022.2078429
69. Correa-Metrio A, Escobar J, Bird B, Caballero-Rodriguez D, Steinman BA, Rodriguez-Zorro PA, Curtis J. 2022. A millenium of climatic and floristic
dynamics in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes. Journal of Biogeography. 49. 853-865.
68. Castaneda-Posadas C*, Correa-Metro A, Escobar J, Moreno E, Curtis J, Blaaw M, Jaramillo C. 2022. Effects of mid to late Holocene sea level
rise on the fringe mangroves of the Panamanian Caribbean. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 592, 110918.
67. Hoyos N, Correa-Metro A, Jaramillo C, Villegas JC, Escobar J. 2022. Effects of consecutive dry and wet days in the forest-savanna boundary
in north-westSouth America. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31, 347-361.
2021
66. Martinez C, Jaramillo C, Martinez-Murcia J, Crepet W, Cardenas A, Escobar J, Moreno F, Pardo-Trujillo A, Caballero D. 2021. Paleoclimatic and
paleoecological reconstruction of a middle to late Eocene South American tropical dry forest. Global and Planetary Change. 205,
103617
65. Velez MI, Salgado J, Brenner M, Hooghiemstra H, Escobar J, Boom A, Bird B, Curtis JH, Temoltzin-Loranca Y, Patino LF, Gonzalez-Arango C,
Metcalfe SE, Simpson GL, Velasquez. 2021. Novel Responses of Diatoms in Neotropical Mountain Lakes to Indigenous and Post
European Occupation. Anthropocene. 34, 100294
64. Jaramillo D*, Velez, MI, Escobar J, Pardo-Trujillo, A, Vallejo F, Villegas JC, Acevedo AL, Curtis J, Rincon H, Trejos-Tamayo R. 2021. Mid to Late
Holocene Dry events in Colombia's super humid Western Cordillera reveal changes in regional atmospheric circulation. Quaternary
Science Reviews. 261, 106937
63. Scott, CA, Zilio MI, Harmon T, Zuniga-Teran A, Diaz-Caravantes R, Hoyos N, Perillo GME, Meza F, Varady MG, Ribeiro-Neto A, Velez MI, Martin F,
Escobar J, Piccolo MC, Mussetta P, Montenegro S, Rusak JA, Pineda N. 2021 Do ecosystem insecurity and social inequity lead to failure
of water security? Environmental Development. 38, 100606
62. Smith, RL, Fatima U, Segarra M, Borre L, Zilio MI, Reid B, Pincetl S, Astorga A, Huamantico-Cisneros MA, Conde D, Harmon T, Hoyos N, Escobar J,
Loyoza JP, Perillo GME, Piccolo MC, Rusak JA, Velez M. 2021. Engaging stakeholders across a socio-environmentally diverse network
of water research sites in North and South America. Environmental Development. 38, 100582
61. Perez-Consuegra N*, Hoyos N, Restrepo JC, Escobar J, Hoke GD. 2021. Contrasting climate controls on the hydrology of the
mountainous Cauca River and its associated sedimentary basin: implications for interpreting the sedimentary record.
Geomorphology. 377, 107590
60. Torregroza-Espinosa AC*, Restrepo JC, Escobar J, Pierini J, Newton A. 2021. Spatial and temporal variability of Temperature, Salinity
and Chlorophyll-a in the Magdalena River Mouth, Caribbean Sea. Journal of South American Earth Science. 105, 102978
2020
59. Jaramillo C, Sepulchre P, Cardenas D, Correa-Metrio A, Moreno JE, Trejos R, Vallejo D, Hoyos N, Martinez C, Carvalho D, Escobar J, Oboh
Ikuenobe F, Pramparo MB, Pinzon D. 2020. Drastic Vegetation Change in the Guajira Peninsula (Colombia) during the Neogene.
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35, 11, e2020PA003933
58.Torregroza-Espinosa AC*, Restrepo JC, Escobar J, Brenner M, Alice N. 2020. Nutrient Input and Net Ecosystem Productivity in the
Mouth of the Magdalena River, Colombia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 243, 106899
57. Scholz S*, Petersen S, Escobar J, Jaramillo C, Hendy A, Allmon W, Curtis J, Anderson B, Hoyos N, Restrepo J, Perez N*. 2020. Isotope
Schlerochronology and Tropical Seasonality Suring the Mid Miocene Climatic Optimum. Geology. 48, 668-672
56. Escobar J, Serna Y*, Hoyos N, Velez MI, Correa-Metro A. 2020. Why we need more paleolimnology studies in the tropics. Journal of
Paleolimnology. 64, 47-53
55. Kamenov GD, Escobar J, Arnold E*, Pardo A, Gangoiti G, Hoyos N, Curtis J, Bird B, Velez MI, Vallejo F, Trejos-Tamayo R. 2020. Appearance of
an enigmatic Pb source in South America around 2000PB: anthropogenic vs natural origin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
276, 122-135
54.Torregroza-Espinosa AC*, Restrepo JC, Correa-Metrio A, Hoyos N, Escobar J, Pierini J, Martinez JM. 2020. Fluvial and Oceanographic
Influences on Suspended Sediment in the Magdalena River Estuary. Journal of Marine Systems. 204, 103282
53. Serna Y*, Correa-Metrio A, Curtis JH, Velez MI, Brenner M, Kenney W, Hoyos N, Restrepo JC, Cordero-Oviedo C, Buck D, Suarez N, Escobar
J. 2020. Post-colonial pollution of the Bay of Cartagena, Colombia. Journal of Paleolimnology. 63, 21-35.
2019
52. Bird B, Wilson J, Escobar J, Kamenov G, Pollard H*, Monaghan G. 2019. Pre-Columbian Lead Pollution from Native American Galena
Processing and Land Use in the Mid continental United States. Geology. 47, 1193-1197.
51. Gibson DK*, Bird BW, Wattrus NJ, Escobar J, Ahmed M*, Fonseca H, Velasco F, Fernandez A*, Polissar PJ. 2019. Characterizing late
Quaternary lake-level variability in Lago de Tota, Colombian Andes, with CHIRP seismic stratigraphy. Journal of
Paleolimnology. 62, 319-335.
50. Restrepo JC, Higgins A*, Escobar J, Ospino S*, Hoyos N. 2019. Contribution of low-frequency climatic/oceanic oscillations to
streamflow variability in small, coastal rivers of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia). Hydrology and Earth System
Sciences. 23, 2379 - 2400.
49. Cordero-Oviedo C*, Correa-Metro A, Urrego LE, Vasquez-Hurtado G, Blaauw M, Escobar J, Curtis JH. 2019. Holocene establishment of
mangrove forests in the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Catena. 180, 212-223.
48. Liu B*, Booth RK, Escobar J, Wei Z, Bird B, Pardo A, Curtis JH, Ouyang J. 2019. Ecology and paleoenvironmental application
of testate amoebae in peatlands of the high-elevation Colombian páramo. Quaternary Research. 92, 14-32.
47. Arellano-Torres E, Correa-Metrio A, Lopez-Davila D, Escobar J, Curtis JH, Cordero-Oviedo MC*. 2019. Mid to late Holocene hydrological
and sea level change reconstructions from la Mancha coastal lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeoecology, 520, 150-162
46. Hoyos N, Correa-Metrio A, Jepsen SM, Wemple B, Valencia S*, Marsik M, Doria R*, Escobar J, Restrepo JC, Velez MI. 2019. Modeling
streamflow response to persistent drought in a costal tropical mountainous watershed, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta,
Colombia. Water, 11(1), 94.
2018
45. Londono L*, Royer DL, Jaramillo C, Escobar J, Foster DA, Cárdenas-Rozo AL, Wood A. 2018. Early Miocene CO2 estimates from a
Neotropical fossil leaf assemblage exceed 400 ppm. American Journal of Botany, 105, 1929-1937.
44. Harmon T, Smyth R, Chandra S, Conde D, Dhungel R, Escobar J, Hoyos N, Lozoya JP, Nin M, Perillo G, Pincetl S, Piccolo C, Reid B, Rusak J,
Scordo F*, Velez M, Villamizar S, Wemple B, Zilio M. 2018. Socio-economic and environmental proxies for comparing freshwater
ecosystem service threats across international sites: A diagnostic approach. Water, 10(11), 1578.
43. Velez MI, Conde D, Lozoya J, Rusak J, García-Rodríguez F, Seitz C*, Harmon T, Perillo G, Escobar J, Vilardy S. 2018. Paleoenvironmental
Reconstructions Improve Ecosystem Services Risk Assessment: Case Studies From Two Coastal Lagoons In South America.
Water, 10(10), 1350.
42. Pailles C, Sylvestre F, Escobar J, Tonetto A, Rustig S, Mazur JC. 2018. Cyclotella petensis and Cyclotella cassandrae, two new fossil
diatoms from Pleistocene sediments of Lake Peten-Itza, Guatemala, Central America. Phytotaxa, 351, 247-263.
41. Temoltzin-Loranca Y*, Velez MI, Moreno E, Escobar J. 2018. Late Holocene environmental change in Lake Boquete and its
watershed: human or natural causes? Boletín de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana, 70, 121-131.
40. Velez MI, Salazar-Rios A*, Benito X, Fritz S, Tapia P, Lubiniecki D*, Kar N, Escobar J. 2018. Aquatic ecosystems in a newly formed
ecospace: Early Pliocene lakes in the Central Andean Altiplano. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 490, 218
226.
39. Perez-Consuegra N*, Parra M, Jaramillo C, Silvestro D, Echeverri S, Montes C, Jaramillo JM, Escobar J. 2018. Provenance analysis of the
Pliocene Ware Formation in the Guajira Peninsula, northern Colombia: Paleodrainage implications. Journal of South American
Earth Sciences, 81, 66-77.
38. Bird BW, Rudloff O*, Escobar J, Gilhooly WP, Correa-Metrio A, Velez M, Polissar PJ. 2018. Paleoclimate support for a persistent dry
island effect in the Colombian Andes during the last 4700 years. The Holocene, 2, 217-228.
2017
37. Sigala I*, Escobar, J. 2017. Amebas testadas: Arcelinida y Ceroza. In: Perez L, Massaferro J, Correa-Metrio A.
(eds). Paleobioindicadores lacustres Neotropicales. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. 223p
36. Jaramillo C, Romero I*, D’Apolito C*, Bayona G, Duarte E, Louwye S, Escobar J, Luque J, Carrillo-Briceño JD, Zapata V, Mora A, Schouten S,
Zavada M, Harrington G, Ortiz J, Wesselingh FP. 2017. Miocene flooding events of western Amazonia. Science Advances, 3, e1601693.
35. Hoyos N, Correa-Metrio A, Sisa A, Ramos-Fabiel MA*, Espinosa JM, Restrepo JC, Escobar J. 2017. The environmental envelope of fires in
the Colombian Caribbean. Applied Geography, 84, 42-54.
34. Restrepo JC, Escobar J, Otero L, Franco D, Pierini J, Correa I. 2017. Factors influencing the distribution and characteristics of Surface
sediment in the Bay of Cartagena, Colombia. Journal of Coastal Research, 33, 135-148.
33. Escobar, J. 2017. Quaternario. En: Jaramillo, C. y Oviedo, L.H. (Eds.). Hace tiempo. Un viaje paleontológico ilustrado por Colombia.
Instituto Alexander von Humboldt e Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales. Bogotá, D.C.,Colombia. 124 p.
32. Jaramillo C, Escobar, J. 2017. Jose Ignacio Martinez Rodríguez 1956-2016. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias
Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, 158, 137-140.
31. Mays J*, Brenner M, Curtis JH, Curtis KV, Hodell DA, Correa-Metrio A, Escobar J, Dutton AL, Zimmerman AR, Guilderson TP. 2017. Stable
carbon isotopes (δ13C) of total organic carbon and long-chain n-alkanes as proxies for climate and environmental change in a
sediment core from Lake Petén-Itzá, Guatemala. Journal of Paleolimnology, 57, 307-319.
2016
30. Sigala I*, Lozano S, Escobar J, Perez L Gallegos J. 2016. Testate Amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) in Tropical Lakes of Central
Mexico. International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation, 64, 393-413.
29. Correa-Metrio A, Velez MI, Escobar J, St-Jacques JM, Lopez-Perez M*, Curtis J, Cosford J. 2016. Mid-elevation ecosystems of Panama:
future uncertainties in light of past global climatic variability. Journal of Quaternary Science, 31, 731 740.