New records of Nototriche hartwegii A.W.Hill (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) in Ecuador: updated distribution and range extension [PDF]
We 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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Caminar desechos. Reflexiones desde las superficies de Aguabuena
This article explores waste —ceramic fragments and the paths that they follow crossing mountains, emerging or disappearing through joint action of human and non-human forces (or its absence).
Daniela Castellanos
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Recent Precipitation Trends and Floods in the Colombian Andes [PDF]
This study aims to identify spatial and temporal precipitation trends by analyzing eight extreme climate indices of rainfall in the High Basin of the Cauca River in Southwestern Colombia from 1970 to 2013. The relation between historical floods and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is also analyzed.
Álvaro Ávila +3 more
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The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) communities in agricultural systems depends on biotic and abiotic factors as well as on cultural practices.
Margarita Ramírez-Gómez +5 more
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Non-volant mammals in a protected area on the Central Andes of Colombia: new records for the Caldas department and the Chinchiná River basin [PDF]
The Chinchiná River basin is located on the western slope of the Colombian Central Andes. This basin provides ecosystem services such as water provision for >500,000 people, but has suffered considerable ecosystem degradation, and the information
Andrés Ramírez-Mejía +1 more
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Revisiting the Andean butterfly Eryphanis zolvizora group (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) : one or several species? [PDF]
Eryphanis zolvizora (Hewitson, 1877) is a rare Andean endemic butterfly, described from Bolivia, which has been historically classified either as a unique species, or as part of a group of three allopatric species from Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia.
Blandini, Patrick +5 more
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Exploration, Storytelling and Frontier-Making in the Colombian Andes
This chapter shows how the speculative (pre-)lives and afterlives of resource extraction are put together through corporate narrative and imaginative practices. It shows that the expansion of extractive frontiers is not merely driven by abstract and asocial market forces, but that deeply social practices of storytelling and imagination are also vital ...
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First record of the Ash-throated Crake, Mustelirallus albicollis Vieillot, 1819 (Aves, Rallidae) in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes [PDF]
We present the first record of Ash-throated Crake, Mustelirallus albicollis, for the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes. One individual was killed while crossing a road in a marshy area in Porce, Antioquia department, Colombia.
Diego Calderón-Franco +2 more
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Tumors of the abdominal wall are rare, divided into benign and malignant lesions that are composed of primary tumors and by the parietal invasion of intra-abdominal tumors and metastatic parietal implants. In the case of metastases in the abdominal wall,
Juliana Mancera +6 more
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The onset of grasses in the Amazon drainage basin, evidence from the fossil record [PDF]
Poaceae (the grass family) originated in the Cretaceous, but first dominate the palynological records of the Amazon drainage basin (ADB) in the Neogene (23 to 2.5 million years ago (Ma)).
Hoorn, Carina, Kirschner, Judith A.
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