Marco Raczka

Contact

• workRoom C14 Sir Clive Granger Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Marco.Raczka@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I have a BSc in Biological Sciences (2006) and a MSc in Geoenvironmental Analysis also from the University of Guarulhos (2009), and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the Florida Institute of Technology, USA (2017). I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam (2018-2019) before starting my second postdoctoral associate researcher position at the University of Reading.

Expertise Summary

My research experience spans the following areas: Quaternary Palynology Pollen, Phytoliths and Non-Pollen Palynomorphs (NPP's) Megafauna Extinction Palaeoecological and Climatic Reconstructions Pre-Columbian Amazonia Past Human-Environment Interactions

Research Summary

My research interests are in the fields of Palaeoecology and Ecology, with a focus on Quaternary Palynology of South American ecosystems. In my research, I use fossil pollen and non-pollen… read more

Recent Publications

• NINA H. WITTEVEEN, ANSIS BLAUS, MARCO F. RACZKA, CHRISTINA HERRICK, MICHAEL PALACE, MAJOI N. NASCIMENTO, EMIEL E. VAN LOON, WILLIAM D. GOSLING, MARK B. BUSH and CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2024. Quantifying local-scale changes in Amazonian forest cover using phytoliths Frontiers of Biogeography.
• A. BLAUS, C. N. H. MCMICHAEL, M. F. RACZKA, C. HERRICK, M. PALACE, N. H. WITTEVEEN, M. N. NASCIMENTO and M. B. BUSH, 2023. Amazonian pollen assemblages reflect biogeographic gradients and forest cover Journal of Biogeography.
• MASHA T. VAN DER SANDE, MARK B. BUSH, CHRISTINE M. ÅKESSON, JUAN CARLOS BERRIO, ALEX CORREIA METRIO, SUZETTE G. A. FLANTUA, HENRY HOOGHIEMSTRA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, CRYSTAL N. H. MCMICHAEL, ENCARNI MONTOYA, NICOLE A. S. MOSBLECH, MAJOI DE NOVAES NASCIMENTO, MARIELOS PEÑA-CLAROS, LOURENS POORTER, MARCO F. RACZKA and WILLIAM D. GOSLING, 2023. Warming, drought, and disturbances lead to shifts in functional composition: A millennial-scale analysis for Amazonian and Andean sites Global Change Biology. 00, 1-18
• MAJOI N. NASCIMENTO, JULIAN BELTRAN, CAMILLE BRESSERS, JONA VAN DELFT, JORDAN VERMEULEN, SUE DE RON, ANNEMIEK BRUIJN, MARCO F. RACZKA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, WILLIAM D. GOSLING, MARK B. BUSH and CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2023. Charcoal abundance measurements are affected by freeze-drying Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 629, 111790

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Current Research

My research interests are in the fields of Palaeoecology and Ecology, with a focus on Quaternary Palynology of South American ecosystems. In my research, I use fossil pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs, such as coprophilous fungi, phytoliths and algal remains in palaeoecological and climatic reconstructions.

• NINA H. WITTEVEEN, ANSIS BLAUS, MARCO F. RACZKA, CHRISTINA HERRICK, MICHAEL PALACE, MAJOI N. NASCIMENTO, EMIEL E. VAN LOON, WILLIAM D. GOSLING, MARK B. BUSH and CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2024. Quantifying local-scale changes in Amazonian forest cover using phytoliths Frontiers of Biogeography.
• A. BLAUS, C. N. H. MCMICHAEL, M. F. RACZKA, C. HERRICK, M. PALACE, N. H. WITTEVEEN, M. N. NASCIMENTO and M. B. BUSH, 2023. Amazonian pollen assemblages reflect biogeographic gradients and forest cover Journal of Biogeography.
• MASHA T. VAN DER SANDE, MARK B. BUSH, CHRISTINE M. ÅKESSON, JUAN CARLOS BERRIO, ALEX CORREIA METRIO, SUZETTE G. A. FLANTUA, HENRY HOOGHIEMSTRA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, CRYSTAL N. H. MCMICHAEL, ENCARNI MONTOYA, NICOLE A. S. MOSBLECH, MAJOI DE NOVAES NASCIMENTO, MARIELOS PEÑA-CLAROS, LOURENS POORTER, MARCO F. RACZKA and WILLIAM D. GOSLING, 2023. Warming, drought, and disturbances lead to shifts in functional composition: A millennial-scale analysis for Amazonian and Andean sites Global Change Biology. 00, 1-18
• MAJOI N. NASCIMENTO, JULIAN BELTRAN, CAMILLE BRESSERS, JONA VAN DELFT, JORDAN VERMEULEN, SUE DE RON, ANNEMIEK BRUIJN, MARCO F. RACZKA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, WILLIAM D. GOSLING, MARK B. BUSH and CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2023. Charcoal abundance measurements are affected by freeze-drying Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 629, 111790
• UMBERTO LOMBARDO, MANUEL ARROYO-KALIN, MORGAN SCHMIDT, HANS HUISMAN, HELENA P. LIMA, CLAIDE DE PAULA MORAES, EDUARDO G. NEVES, CHARLES R. CLEMENT, JOÃO AIRES DA FONSECA, FERNANDO OZORIO DE ALMEIDA, CARLOS FRANCISCO BRAZÃO VIEIRA ALHO, CHRISTOPHER BRONK RAMSEY, GEORGE G. BROWN, MARTA S. CAVALLINI, MARCONDES LIMA DA COSTA, LUÍS CUNHA, LÚCIA HELENA C. DOS ANJOS, WILLIAM M. DENEVAN, CARLOS FAUSTO, CAROLINE FERNANDES CAROMANO, ADEMIR FONTANA, BRUNA FRANCHETTO, BRUNO GLASER, MICHAEL J. HECKENBERGER, SUSANNA HECHT, VINICIUS HONORATO, KLAUS A. JAROSCH, ANDRÉ BRAGA JUNQUEIRA, THIAGO KATER, EDUARDO K. TAMANAHA, THOMAS W. KUYPER, JOHANNES LEHMANN, MARCO MADELLA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, LEANDRO MATTHEWS CASCON, FRANCIS E. MAYLE, DOYLE MCKEY, BRUNO MORAES, GASPAR MORCOTE-RÍOS, CARLOS A. PALHETA BARBOSA, MARCOS PEREIRA MAGALHÃES, GABRIELA PRESTES-CARNEIRO, FRANCISCO PUGLIESE, FABIANO N. PUPIM, MARCO F. RACZKA, ANNE RAPP PY-DANIEL, PHILIP RIRIS, BRUNA CIGARAN DA ROCHA, LEONOR RODRIGUES, STÉPHEN ROSTAIN, RODRIGO SANTANA MACEDO, MYRTLE P. SHOCK, TOBIAS SPRAFKE, FILIPPO STAMPANONI BASSI, RAONI VALLE, PABLO VIDAL-TORRADO, XIMENA S. VILLAGRÁN, JENNIFER WATLING, SADIE L. WEBER and WENCESLAU GERALDES TEIXEIRA, 2022. Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths Nature Communications 2022 13:1. 13, 1-6
• M. B. BUSH, A. ROZAS-DAVILA, M. RACZKA, M. NASCIMENTO, B. VALENCIA, R. K. SALES, C. N. H. MCMICHAEL and W. D. GOSLING, 2022. A palaeoecological perspective on the transformation of the tropical Andes by early human activity Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 377,
• CHRISTINE M. ÅKESSON, CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, MARCO F. RACZKA, SERINGE N. HUISMAN, MONA PALMEIRA, JOHNNY VOGEL, DAVID NEILL, JASON VEIZAJ and MARK B. BUSH, 2021. Long-term ecological legacies in western Amazonia Journal of Ecology. 109, 432-446
• P.E. DE OLIVEIRA, M. F RACZKA, C.N.H. MCMICHAEL, JORGE PINAYA and M.B. BUSH, 2020. Climate change and biogeographic connectivity across the Brazilian cerrado Journal of Biogeography. 47, 396-407
• M.N. N NASCIMENTO, N.A.S. A S MOSBLECH, M.F. F RACZKA, S. BASKIN, K.E. E MANRIQUE, J. WILGER, L. GIOSAN, X. BENITO and M.B. B BUSH, 2020. The adoption of agropastoralism and increased ENSO frequency in the Andes Quaternary Science Reviews. 243, 106471
• M.F. RACZKA, N.A. MOSBLECH, L. GIOSAN, B.G. VALENCIA, A.M. FOLCIK, M. KINGSTON, S. BASKIN and M.B. BUSH, 2019. A human role in Andean megafaunal extinction? Quaternary Science Reviews. 205, 154-165
• S.N. HUISMAN, M.F. RACZKA and C.N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2018. Palm Phytoliths of Mid-Elevation Andean Forests Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6, 193
• MARCO F. RACZKA, M.B. BUSH and PAULO EDUARDO DE OLIVEIRA, 2017. The collapse of megafaunal populations in southeastern Brazil Quaternary Research (United States). 89, 103-118
• MARCO FELIPE RACZKA, MARK B. BUSH, ALEXANDRA M. FOLCIK and CRYSTAL H. MCMICHAEL, 2016. Sporormiella as a tool for detecting the presence of large herbivores in the Neotropics Biota Neotropica. 16,
• RAIMUNDO SOUZA SILVA, MARIA JUDITE GARCIA, RUDNEY DE ALMEIDA SANTOS, PAULO EDUARDO DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO CÉSAR FONSECA GIANNINI, MARY ELIZABETH C BERNARDES-DE-OLIVEIRA, VANDA BRITO DE MEDEIROS, CARLOS ALBERTO BISTRICHI, ROSANA SARAIVA FERNANDES and MARCO FELIPE RACZKA, 2015. O Significado Paleoambiental De Palinomorfos De Fungos Em Turfas Quaternárias Do Médio Vale Do Rio Paraíba Do Sul, SP, Brasil Revista do Instituto Geológico. 36, 1-24
• MARK B BUSH, PAULO E DE OLIVEIRA, MARCO F RACZKA, WILLIAM D GOSLING, MAYLEM FRANCIS E., CRYSTAL H MACMICHAEL and DUNIA H URREGO, 2014. Paleoclimates of Amazonia- An Ice-Age View. In: I S CARVALHO, M J GARCIA, C C LANA and O STROHSCHOEN JR, eds., Interciência. 353-367
• M B BUSH, C H MCMICHAEL, M F RACZKA, M B TOLEDO, M J POWER, F MAYLE and P E DE OLIVEIRA, 2014. The Holocene of the Amazon.pdf. In: I S CARVALHO, M J GARCIA, C C LANA and O STROHSCHOEN JR, eds., Interciência. 279-385
• C.H. CRYSTAL H. MCMICHAEL, M.B. MARK B. BUSH, M.R. MILES R. SILMAN, D.R. DOLORES R. PIPERNO, MARCO RACZKA, L.C. LUIZ C. LOBATO, MONICA ZIMMERMAN, STEPHEN HAGEN and MICHAEL PALACE, 2013. Historical fire and bamboo dynamics in western Amazonia Journal of Biogeography. 40, 299-309
• MARCO F. RACZKA, PAULO E. DE OLIVEIRA, MARK BUSH and CRYSTAL H. MCMICHAEL, 2013. Two paleoecological histories spanning the period of human settlement in southeastern Brazil Journal of Quaternary Science. 28, 144-151
• C.H. H MCMICHAEL, D.R. R PIPERNO, M.B. B BUSH, M.R. R SILMAN, A.R. R ZIMMERMAN, M.F. F RACZKA and L.C. C LOBATO, 2012. Sparse pre-Columbian human habitation in western Amazonia. Science (New York, N.Y.). 336, 1429-31
• ADRIANA MIÓLLA PIASENTIN, DÉCIO LUIS, SEMENSATTO JUNIOR, ANTONIO ROBERTO SAAD, ADALBERTO JOSÉ, MONTEIRO JUNIOR and MARCO FELIPE RACZKA, 2009. Índice de qualidade da água (IQA) do Reservatório Tanque Grande, Guarulhos (SP): Análise sazonal e efeitos do uso e ocupação do solo Geociências. 28, 305-317