Phytogeography of the vascular páramo flora of Ramal de Guaramacal (Andes, Venezuela) and its ties to other páramo floras [PDF]
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2010 Ramal de Guaramacal is an outlier and lower elevation mountain range located at the northeastern end of the Venezuelan Andes. Phytogeographical patterns and affinities of the low altitude and wet vascular páramo flora of Ramal de Guaramacal, have been ...
Nidia L. Cuello +2 more
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Multicenter Interlaboratory Study of Thrombin Generation Assay in Healthy Adults Using the ST Genesia Analyzer With the STG-ThromboScreen Reagent (With and Without Thrombomodulin). [PDF]
Int J Lab HematolABSTRACT Introduction Fully automated thrombin generation (TG) assays facilitate the transition from research to clinical application. We conducted a multicenter inter‐laboratory study using the ST Genesia analyzer to evaluate assay performance and establish reference intervals in healthy adults from Spain and Portugal.
Velasco-Rodríguez D +21 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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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2022 Atelopus species are classified as a priority taxon for monitoring and conservation, of these A. exiguus is endemic to southern Ecuador and is classified as critically endangered, however, within its known geographic range, little attention has been ...
Pedro X. Astudillo +3 more
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Potato cultivation and livestock effects on microorganism functional groups in soils from the neotropical high Andean Páramo [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2020 Páramo ecosystems are of great importance because they are considered hotspots within the Tropical Andes. They are also very important for their role as producers and regulators of water processes in the Neotropic.
Lizeth Manuela Avellaneda-Torres +3 more
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The Medieval Climate Anomaly and the Little Ice Age in the eastern Ecuadorian Andes [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2013 To better characterize the climate variability of the last millennium in the high Andes, we analyzed the pollen content of a 1150-yr-old sediment core collected in a bog located at 3800 m a.s.l. in the páramo in the eastern Cordillera in Ecuador.
M.-P. Ledru +6 more
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What Does the Future Hold for Páramo Plants? A Modelling Approach
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Understanding the effects of climate change on tropicalpine biota remains a scientific challenge today. The Andean páramo is the largest and most diverse tropicalpine biogeographical region in the world, and also one of the most threatened as it is prone
Gwendolyn Peyre
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Testing the Dry Refuge Model: Paleoecological Insights From Late Pleistocene Gomphotheres in Ecuador. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe present paleontological evidence that may prove the Dry Refuge Model in Ecuador during the Late Pleistocene. ABSTRACT Paleoenvironmental records indicate that Neotropical regions near the Equator experienced reduced rainfall during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, some records show conflicting environmental signals.
González-Guarda E +9 more
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Senecio alatopetiolatus (Compositae), una nueva cita para la flora colombiana
Collectanea Botanica, 2021 Senecio alatopetiolatus se cita por primera vez en Colombia. Se incluye una discusión de su variabilidad morfológica y se aportan fotografías de plantas en su hábitat.
Joel Calvo, Fabio Ávila
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Land‐Use and Land‐Cover Change in the Páramo of South‐Central Ecuador, 1979–2014
Land, 2017 Land use and land cover were mapped between 3500 and 5000 meters above sea level m.a.s.l. in the Río Chambo basin in south-central Ecuador from Landsat MSS, TM, ETM and OLI imagery acquired between 1979 and 2014.
Cristina Ross +2 more
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