A high-altitude peatland record of environmental changes in the NW Argentine Andes (24 ° S) over the last 2100 years [PDF]
, 2016 High-altitude cushion peatlands are versatile archives for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental studies, due to their high accumulation rates, range of proxies, and sensitivity to climatic and/or human-induced changes. Especially within the Central Andes,
Hense, Jonathan +7 more
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Vog: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Health Costs of Particulates
The Economic Journal, EarlyView., 2018 The negative consequences of long‐term exposure to particulate pollution are well established but a number of studies find no effect of short‐term exposure on health outcomes. The high correlation of industrial pollutants complicates the estimation of the impact of individual pollutants on health.
Timothy J. Halliday +2 more
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Modelling GNSS-observed seasonal velocity changes of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, using the Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM) [PDF]
The CryosphereThe flow speeds of floating ice shelves around the Antarctic Ice Sheet exhibit clear intra-annual variability. However, the drivers of this variability remain poorly understood.
F. Baldacchino +12 more
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Agrostis meyenii Trin. (Poaceae, Agrostidinae): first records from Peru, including taxonomic notes and an identification key [PDF]
Check List, 2020 The grass Agrostis meyenii Trin. (Poaceae, Agrostidinae) is newly recorded from Peru and is found in high-Andean puna grasslands of the departments of Ancash, Ayacucho, and Huánuco, marking the northernmost known limit of this species.
Steven P. Sylvester +1 more
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Foods, 2021 Long-term feeding trials examining the incorporation of conjugated linolenic acids (CLnA) into the diet of laying hens are lacking. In the present study, we compared two diets in sixty-six red Sex-Link hens (33 hens/treatment), fed for 26 weeks.
Monique T. Ngo Njembe +9 more
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Genealogy, 2022 Writing about genealogy within the ‘academy’ has been hindered by the perception that researching family history and genealogy belongs in the realm of hobbyists as something you might peruse in retirement [...]
Helene Connor
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Towards a revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), with estimation of the diversity of each subgenus [PDF]
, 2014 A review of the subgenera of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Pimeliinae: Praociini) is presented. Praocis comprises 77 species and 8 subspecies arranged in nine subgenera distributed in arid lands from Central Peru and Bolivia to the ...
Flores, Gustavo Ernesto +1 more
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Negotiating Discourses: A Pākehā Teacher Educator’s Exploration of Bicultural Teaching Practice
New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 2014 Bicultural teaching practice in Aotearoa New Zealand is based on commitment to partnerships reflecting Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ The Treaty of Waitangi between Māori and non-Māori cultures, and is governed by professional standards and documents.
Alison Warren
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High-Up: A Remote Reservoir of Microbial Extremophiles in Central Andean Wetlands [PDF]
, 2015 The Central Andes region displays unexplored ecosystems of shallow lakes and salt flats at mean altitudes of 3700 m. Being isolated and hostile, these so-called “High-Altitude Andean Lakes” (HAAL) are pristine and have been exposed to little human ...
Albarracín, Virginia Helena +7 more
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Geología y Metalogenia de la Puna
Estudios Geologicos, 1987 En este trabajo se puntualizan una serie de conceptos sobre las relaciones existentes entre evolución geológica y metalogénesis de la Puna. El análisis de la sedimentación, magmatismo y metamorfismo de la provincia geológica Puna, permite diferenciarla ...
R. N. Alonso, J. G. Viramonte
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