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Adaptation and convergent evolution within the Jamesonia-Eriosorus complex in high-elevation biodiverse Andean hotspots. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The recent uplift of the tropical Andes (since the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene) provided extensive ecological opportunity for evolutionary radiations.
Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo +1 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2021 Some recent contributions to the biogeographic regionalization of the Páramo province are reviewed and compared. As a result, a consensus regionalization is proposed, recognizing 6 subprovinces and 11 districts: Páramos del Norte subprovince (Sierra ...
Juan J. Morrone
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Blooming plant species diversity patterns in two adjacent Costa Rican highland ecosystems [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The Costa Rican Paramo is a unique ecosystem with high levels of endemism that is geographically isolated from the Andean Paramos. Paramo ecosystems occur above Montane Forests, below the permanent snow level, and their vegetation differs notably from ...
E. Jacob Cristóbal-Pérez +5 more
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Impacts of Global Change on the Spatial Dynamics of Treeline in Venezuelan Andes
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The treeline in the Andes is considered an essential ecotone between the Montane forest and Páramo. This treeline in the Venezuelan Andes corresponds with a transitional ecosystem defined as the Páramo forest.
Eulogio Chacón-Moreno +5 more
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Phytoregionalisation of the Andean páramo [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background The páramo is a high-elevation biogeographical province in the northern Andes, known for its great biodiversity and ecosystem services. Because there have been very few biogeographic studies encompassing the entire province to date, this study
Gwendolyn Peyre +2 more
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MedUNAB, 2023 Introducción. El objetivo del estudio fue describir las características sociodemográficas, tratamiento y complicaciones pre y posquirúrgicas de las fracturas supracondíleas del húmero distal en niños que requirieron manejo quirúrgico en un hospital de ...
Yonathan Samuel Rueda-Paez +5 more
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Intersections of Conservation, Cattle, and Culture in Ecuador's Páramo Grasslands
Mountain Research and Development, 2021 Páramo is a biodiverse, high-elevation humid grassland ecosystem mainly found in the northern Andes. Since Spanish colonization, páramo lands in Ecuador have been used locally for grazing cattle that roam freely, known as ganado bravo.
Audrey Joslin
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2023 The páramo ecosystem is a significant centre of Andean bird diversity with high concentrations of threatened species. The Macizo del Cajas Biosphere Reserve’s páramos are a district of the biogeographic páramo province of northern Andes and are therefore
Pedro X. Astudillo +4 more
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Impacts of pine plantations on carbon stocks of páramo sites in southern Ecuador
Carbon Balance and Management, 2021 Background Since the 1990’s, afforestation programs in the páramo have been implemented to offset carbon emissions through carbon sequestration, mainly using pine plantations.
Carlos Quiroz Dahik +6 more
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Social Technology for the Protection of the Páramo in the Central Andes of Ecuador
Mountain Research and Development, 2023 This study examined how the application of a concrete series of activities to protect the páramo in the central Andes of Ecuador can be compared with social technology.
María Cristina Torres +3 more
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