Compositional data supports decentralized model of production and circulation of artifacts in the pre-Columbian south-central Andes [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017 Marisa Lazzari +2 more
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Biodiversidad bacteriana en aguas de balnearios mineromedicinales de Ecuador y Venezuela
FIGEMPA, 2023 Las aguas mineromedicinales en Ecuador y Venezuela se utilizan desde hace siglos como medicamentos por la población de estos países. Sin embargo, la biodiversidad bacteriana es poco conocida.
Félix Daniel Andueza-Leal +7 more
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Meteorological export and deposition fluxes of black carbon on glaciers of the central Chilean Andes [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023 Air pollution in the central zone of Chile is not only a public health concern but also threatens water resources and climate, in connection with the transport and deposition of black carbon (BC) from urban centers onto the glaciers of the Andes ...
R. Lapere +5 more
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Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2017 The arid Central Andes are a key site to study changes in intensity and movement of the three main atmospheric circulation systems over South America: the South American Summer Monsoon (SASM), the Westerlies and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO ...
J. Zech +4 more
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Evidencing decadal and interdecadal hydroclimatic variability over the Central Andes
Environmental Research Letters, 2016 In this study we identified a significant low frequency variability (8 to 20 years) that characterizes the hydroclimatology over the Central Andes. Decadal–interdecadal variability is related to the central-western Pacific Ocean ( R ^2 = 0.50) and the ...
Hans Segura +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 We describe Bothriurus mistral n. sp. (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) from the Chilean north-central Andes of the Coquimbo Region. This is the highest elevational discovery for Bothriurus in the western slopes of the Andes.
Andrés A Ojanguren-Affilastro +5 more
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New records of Nototriche hartwegii A.W.Hill (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) in Ecuador: updated distribution and range extension [PDF]
Check ListWe report a new record of Nototriche hartwegii A.W.Hill, an Ecuadorian endemic species originally described from the southern Andes. For decades, its known distribution was restricted to this region.
Emilio J. Trujillo +2 more
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Hydroclimate variability in the low-elevation Atacama Desert over the last 2500 yr [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2012 Paleoclimate reconstructions reveal that Earth system has experienced sub-millennial scale climate changes over the past two millennia in response to internal/external forcing.
E. M. Gayo +4 more
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Atmosphere, 2021 Topography has an important role in shaping regional and global climate systems, as it acts as a mechanical barrier to the low-level moisture flow. Thus, a complex spatial pattern of rainfall can exist over the mountainous region.
Dibas Shrestha +6 more
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Population genomics of Ulex europaeus in the Northern Andes: insights into an invasive species in high-mountain ecosystems [PDF]
Plant Ecology and EvolutionBackground and aims – Ulex europaeus is an invasive allopolyploid (hexaploid) plant considered a global threat that has successfully colonized various regions, including the Northern Andes.
Anneth Díaz-Reyes +3 more
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