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Determination of optimal tree height models and calibration designs for Araucaria araucana and Nothofagus pumilio in mixed stands affected to different levels by anthropogenic disturbance in South-Central Chile

Annals of Forest Science, 2023
Key message Here, we present a workflow for determining the optimal tree height model and calibration design for forests affected to varying degrees by anthropogenic disturbance.
Xinying Zhou, Erico Kutchartt, Jaime Hernández, Patricio Corvalán, Álvaro Promis, Martin Zwanzig   +5 more
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Scientists’ warning on the global destruction of rock outcrop ecosystems

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Rock outcrops are geological formations that harbor a highly specialized biota adapted to harsh environmental conditions that differ from their surrounding landscapes. They are globally distributed, especially in old, highly weathered landscapes, and can function as habitat islands containing high levels of endemism and distinct evolutionary ...
Luiza F. A. de Paula, Lucas N. Perillo, Gianluigi Ottaviani, Flávio F. Carmo, Mandar N. Datar, Katherine C. Enebeli‐Ekwutoziam, Bruno Fogliani, Stephen D. Hopper, Aboli Kulkarni, Hans Lambers, Rafael F. Magalhães, Frederico S. Neves, Jean‐François Ponge, Stefan Porembski, Bruno H. P. Rosado, Fernando M. G. Santos, Elycée Tindano, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Aparna Watve, Fernando A. O. Silveira   +19 more
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Designing Integrated Policies for the Twin Transition: Challenges and Tradeoffs

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Democratic governance faces the intertwined imperatives of managing the transformative risks and opportunities of digitalization, particularly stemming from artificial intelligence (AI), while achieving environmental sustainability within planetary boundaries.
Martino Maggetti
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Respuesta temprana de la regeneración de plantas leñosas después del incendio forestal denominado “Las Máquinas” en la Región del Maule, Chile

Gayana: Botanica, 2019
The post-fire woody plant species regeneration was assessed in a Nothofagus glauca dominated forest and a clearcutting of Pinus radiata. Native species showed a high vegetative regeneration capacity after wildfire.
Alvaro Promis, Sofía Olivares, Sofía Acuña, Gustavo Cruz   +3 more
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Utilizing Insects as Bioindicators: An Approximation for Conservation in Urban Lentic Ecosystems in Central Chile

Insects
This study considered using insect families as bioindicators to establish the health status of an ecosystem of lentic bodies. The water quality in urban lentic bodies in the Metropolitan Region, Chile, was evaluated from aquatic insect family assemblages
Sebastián Rodríguez, Amanda Huerta, Álvaro Palma, Francisco Vicencio, Jaime E. Araya   +4 more
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A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Opposite Responses of Native and Nonnative Birds to Socioeconomics in a Latin American City

Animals
Due to the massive increase of the urban population, a global target is to achieve sustainable cities that are sensitive to nature and environmentally just for urban dwellers.
Nélida R. Villaseñor, Catalina B. Muñoz-Pacheco, Martín A. H. Escobar   +2 more
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“Humanizar”: aprendizajes sobre alteridad, salud y futuro en una experiencia de investigación compartida

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The visit to Bogotá of a fééeneminaa (Muinane) friend, Célimo Nejedeka Jifichíu, and in particular, his work in researching and transmitting traditional health knowledge, offer the pretext to navigate the relationship between elements that at first glance seem distant from each other: indigenous imaginaries about otherness, their visions of ...
Giovanna Micarelli
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Registro de puma (Puma concolor) Linnaeus 1771, en sitio prioritario de conservación de la biodiversidad Los Molles - Pichidangui, región de Valparaíso

Gayana, 2023
Hay una significativa falta de información sobre la distribución del puma en Chile, lo que constituye un obstáculo para la toma de decisiones en cuanto a su conservación y evita la claridad sobre el estado de sus poblaciones locales.
Jecar Rodríguez-Arancibia, Martín A. H. Escobar   +1 more
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Ensamble de coleópteros epigeos ribereños del Humedal de Batuco (Región Metropolitana, Chile)

Gayana, 2021
El Humedal de Batuco (Región Metropolitana, Chile) se sitúa en uno de los sitios prioritarios de conservación de biodiversidad de la zona Central de Chile.
Carolain Badaracco, Amanda Huerta, Álvaro Palma   +2 more
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