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Challenges Facing Andean Communities in the Protection of the Páramo in the Central Highlands of Ecuador

open access: yesSustainability, 2023
In the rural parish of Salinas, located in the central highlands of Ecuador, most of the communities are settled in a páramo ecosystem, whose deterioration has become a concern since the beginning of the century.
M. C. Torres, Efraín Naranjo, V. Fierro
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Eastern Colombian Páramo Liodessus Guignot, 1939 diving beetles are genetically structured, but show signs of hybridization, with description of new species and subspecies (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

open access: yesZooKeys, 2023
Abstract We studied Liodessus diving beetles from six eastern Colombian Páramo areas, as well as from the Altiplano. We discovered a highly characteristic new species, based on male genital morphology, Liodessussantarositasp.
M. Balke   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do we inhabit the same mountain? Towards ontological openings in páramo conservation

open access: yesAmbiente & Sociedade, 2023
The biodiversity of the high Andean mountains has made it urgent to conserve the Páramos, which are recognized as essential ecosystems for the hydrological cycle and climate change mitigation. Colombia, which has 50% of these ecosystems in the world, has
Adela Parra-Romero   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deep learning for land use and land cover classification from the Ecuadorian Paramo.

open access: yesInternational Journal of Digital Earth, 2022
The paramo, plays an important role in our ecosystems as They balance the water resources and can retain substantial quantities of carbon. This research was carried out in the province of Tungurahua, specifically the Quero district. The aim is to develop
Marco Castelo-Cabay   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Morphometric relationships and size at sexual maturity of the deep-sea Caribbean lobster Metanephrops binghami (Decapoda: Nephropidae) in the Colombian Caribbean

open access: yesUniversitas Scientiarum, 2017
This paper describes the morphometric relationships and size at sexual maturity of deep-sea Caribbean lobster. Data were obtained in the Colombian Caribbean in four trawling surveys in November and December 2009 between 200 and 550 m depth.
José, Jorge
doaj   +1 more source

¿De quién es el páramo de Santurbán? Ancestralidad minera como narrativa de defensa del territorio en el municipio de Vetas, Santander

open access: yesRevista CS, 2022
El conflicto en Colombia por la defensa del páramo de Santurbán contra la minería a gran escala ha marcado la discusión nacional sobre la protección de estos ecosistemas.
Adela Parra-Romero
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluación ambiental en el escenario actual y con bonos de carbono: páramo La Cortadera, departamento de Boyacá, Colombia

open access: yesPerspectiva Geográfica, 2022
Este estudio evaluó las condiciones ambientales y socioeconómicas del páramo La Cortadera con el fin de identificar los impactos ambientales que se deben considerar en la prestación del servicio de captura de carbono.
Camilo Andrés Vargas Terranova   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New occurrences and habitat description of southern Ecuador endemic frog Atelopus exiguus (Anura: Bufonidae) from a conservation hotspot in the high Andes

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

The Medieval Climate Anomaly and the Little Ice Age in the eastern Ecuadorian Andes [PDF]

open access: yesClimate 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
doaj   +1 more source

Phytogeography of the vascular páramo flora of Ramal de Guaramacal (Andes, Venezuela) and its ties to other páramo floras

open access: yesAnales 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
doaj   +1 more source

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