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Oilbirds disperse large seeds at longer distance than extinct megafauna
Scientific Reports, 2021 The extinction of megafauna in the Neotropics is thought to have reduced the potential of large seeds to be dispersed over long distances by endozoochory (ingestion by animals), but some seed dispersal systems have not been considered.
Pablo R. Stevenson +3 more
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The effect of illicit crops on forest cover in Colombia
Journal of Land Use Science, 2022 Many armed conflicts worldwide occur in biodiversity hotspots and nearly 50% of those conflicts occur in forested regions. In Colombia, the armed conflict has implied the clearing of large forest tracts for the establishment of illicit crops.
Viviana Quiroga Angel +2 more
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Primer reporte de Pleurozium quitense (Hylocomiaceae) para la Argentina
Lilloa, 2023 Se reporta por primera vez para la Argentina a Pleurozium quitense (Hylocomiaceae), una especie endémica de los Andes Tropicales. El presente trabajo incluye una descripción e ilustración de la misma.
María Teresita Colotti +1 more
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Aspectos ecofisiológicos para la conservación de ecosistemas tropicales contrastantes
Botanical Sciences, 1999 La identificación de grupos funcionales permite la evaluación de propiedades tales corno: capacidad de recuperación, regeneración y resistencia a cambios ambientales.
Aura Azócar +2 more
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Dietary preferences and feeding strategies of Colombian highland woolly monkeys
Scientific Reports, 2022 Primates are very selective in the foods they include in their diets with foraging strategies that respond to spatial and temporal changes in resource availability, distribution and quality.
Manuel L. Fonseca +7 more
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Range expansion for the Critically Endangered poison-dart frog Leucostethus bilsa Vigle et al., 2020 (Amphibia, Dendrobatidae), demonstrating the importance of small forest reserves in the Ecuadorian Chocó [PDF]
Check ListThe Ecuadorian Chocó is a global conservation hotspot with high levels of biodiversity and endemism but is threatened by extensive deforestation. Here, we report the discovery of an additional locality for the Critically Endangered poison-dart
S. Holden Jones +6 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Woolly monkeys are threatened and reintroduction projects are an alternative for their conservation. However, there is little quantitative information suggesting the habitat traits needed to sustain populations.
Mónica A. Ramírez, Pablo R. Stevenson
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Ethnoecology of the tropical Andes avian indicators of landscape change in highland Ecuador.
Pirineos: Revista de Ecología de Montaña, 2005 [fr] Quatre oiseaux andins nous donnent des raisons pour repenser Vethnoécologie des forêts néotropicales humides, ce qui met en question l'idée de la conservation basée sur les ressources d'eau et la biodiversité seules.
F. O. Sarmiento
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Microbiome is known to play an important role in the health of organisms and different factors such as diet have been associated with modifications in microbial communities.
Camilo Quiroga-González +5 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2017 La diversidad biológica no está uniformemente distribuida en la tierra, existiendo sitios más relevantes en virtud de sus propiedades intrínsecas o de sus contextos evolutivos y/o biogeográficos. Los Andes tropicales son reconocidos a nivel global por su
Carlos Federico Alvarez-Hincapié +5 more
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