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Bias Correction of ERA5 Temperature Across Five Topoclimatic Clusters: A Comparative Evaluation of Four Methods

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
ERA5 near‐surface temperature over South America exhibits systematic cold biases in daily maximum temperature and warm biases in daily minimum temperature. To address the continent's strong climatic and topographic heterogeneity, South America was partitioned into five topoclimatic clusters, and four bias‐correction approaches were evaluated. The Multi‐
José Roberto Rozante, Gabriela Rozante
wiley   +1 more source

Stratigraphic relationships between the Colombian, Sinú Offshore and Sinú-San Jacinto basins based on seismic stratigraphy

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Geology
There are diverse controversial and contradictory models about the geological history of the Caribbean region. Some issues such as the origin of the Caribbean plate, the nature of basement of the Caribbean basins and the regional tectonics, have been in ...
Esteban Alfaro, Michael Holz
doaj   +1 more source

Demystifying Non‐Western Administrative Traditions: An Empirical Comparison of Administrative Systems in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
wiley   +1 more source

COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN MAMMALS: a dataset of the wild mammal assemblage in the Colombian Caribbean Region

open access: yes
The Colombian Caribbean region has suffered significant loss and fragmentation of natural ecosystems, especially tropical dry forests. Despite its rich mammal fauna and ecological importance, information on its diversity remains limited. This study compiles camera trap records obtained between 2010 and 2024 to document the composition and structure of ...
Chacón-Pacheco, Julio Javier   +35 more
openaire   +2 more sources

An interdisciplinary review of the interplay of conflict, socio‐economic factors, and land cover and vegetation dynamics in Colombia

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial structure of the Caribbean lobster (Metanephrops binghami) in the Colombian Caribbean Sea [PDF]

open access: yesHelgoland Marine Research, 2011
Crustaceans of the genus Metanephrops are of great commercial value in some tropical and subtropical regions. With the potential development of a new deep lobster fishery in the Colombian Caribbean Sea, the objective of this work is to describe for first time the patterns of spatial and bathymetric distribution, and diel migratory periodicity of the ...
Jorge Paramo, Ulrich Saint-Paul
openaire   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical and genetic assessments of Central American avocado landraces reveal novel sources of biodiversity and ancient migration patterns

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Avocados are a multibillion‐dollar global commodity, but their growing export market pressures local farmers to abandon local fruit tree diversity in favor of commercial cultivar production. Interviews with rural avocado farmers and households from the Southern Mexican Highlands, Pacific Coastal Honduras, and Western Nicaragua, as well as the genetic ...
Kevin Wann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Germans in the Colombian Caribbean. Migration, sociability and National Socialism in Barranquilla, 1919-1945

open access: yesHistoria contemporánea, 2020
This paper explores the dynamics of migration and sociability of the German immigrants in the city of Barranquilla, in the Colombian Caribbean, during a period that includes the postwar period and the Second World War. Through the analysis of alternative
Julián Andrés Lázaro Montes
doaj  

First record of the polychaete Ficopomatus uschakovi (Pillai, 1960) (Annelida, Serpulidae) in the Colombian Caribbean, South America

open access: yesZooKeys, 2014
The genus Ficopomatus (Serpulidae) consists of sessile, tubicolous polychaete annelid worms that may colonize a diversity of substrata, and tolerate considerable variations in salinity.
Catalina Arteaga-Florez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation gap analysis for wild grapevines (Vitis L.) of the Americas

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Wild grapevines (Vitis L.) native to the Americas are ecologically and culturally important plants that are also critical to the global cultivated grape industry as sources of traits for crop innovation, but many of these species are poorly documented and insufficiently conserved.
Daniel Carver   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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