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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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Páramo Ecosystems in Ecuador’s Southern Region: Conservation State and Restoration
Agronomy, 2020 The páramo is home to a significant proportion of global biodiversity and provides essential services for the development of life for millions of people in Ecuador.
Víctor J. García +5 more
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El páramo: aula abierta para el aprendizaje de las ciencias naturales
Educación y Ciencia, 2013 En Suramérica, entidades y agrupaciones de personas han buscado mejorar las condiciones ambientales y sociales de los ecosistemas de páramos a partir del Proyecto “Páramo Andino”, mediante la construcción de alianzas a lo largo del corredor ecológico ...
Inés Andrea Sanabria Totaitive +1 more
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Effects of land use on soil CO2 flux in the Paramo de Guerrero, Colombia
Agronomía Colombiana, 2016 The Andean paramo is an important global carbon sink and has a fundamental ecological function of capture, regulation and supply of water resources. The soil CO2 efflux is a natural process through which the carbon is released into the atmosphere by ...
Diego Peña-Quemba +2 more
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Two new species of Ribes (Grossulariaceae) from Peru
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2023 The genus Ribes (Grossulariaceae) has a center of diversity in the tropical Andes, especially in Peru. Several new species have been discovered in recent years and additional collections keep turning up material of undescribed species.
Maximilian Weigend, Ana Andrade-Galán
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Novedades del orden Pucciniales sobre la familia Asteraceae en páramos de Antioquia (Colombia)
Caldasia, 2018 Se presentan los Pucciniales colectados sobre la familia Asteraceae en el Páramo del Sol, Páramo Serranía las Baldías, Páramo de Sonsón y Páramo de Santa Inés, ubicados en el departamento de Antioquia (Colombia).
Katherin Maritza Vanegas-B +1 more
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An assessment of the populations of Sylvilagus brasiliensis meridensis in páramos with different vegetation structures in the Northeastern Andes of Ecuador [PDF]
, 2015 A defecation rate is calculated from three captured páramo rabbit Sylvilagus brasiliensis meridensis individuals for the first time in Ecuador. Combining this defecation rate, the pellet count method, and Novaro et al.’s (1992) hare density equation ...
García Mejía, Juanita
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Spatiotemporal Fire Patterns and Post‐fire Forest Change in Peru (2000–2021)
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fire is increasingly more frequent and severe in many tropical regions, leading to significant forest loss, diminished biodiversity, and reduced Nature's contributions to people (NCPs). In this study, we analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of fire in Peru and its regions, focusing on: (1) burned area, (2) size, and (3) number of fires, using ...
Maricel Móstiga +3 more
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Global Ecology and ConservationThe altitudinal shift of the Upper Forest Limit is a key driver of expansion and contraction cycles in high Andean páramo ecosystems above the treeline.
Jhon jairo Calderón Leyton +2 more
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Niche diversification of Sphagnum in Bolivia [PDF]
, 1997 Niche breadth values of Sphagnum species in the páramo and cloud forests of Bolivia are similar to those reported for Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in North America, but niche overlap values are higher for Sphagnum species in Bolivia. The pH, conductivity,
McQueen, Cyrus B.
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