Climate variability of the tropical Andes since the late Pleistocene [PDF]
Advances in Geosciences, 2009 Available proxy records witnessing palaeoclimate of the tropical Andes are comparably scarce. Major implications of palaeoclimate development in the humid and arid parts of the Andes are briefly summarized.
A. Bräuning
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Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru [PDF]
Evolutionary Systematics, 2020 The tropical Andes are known to be the richest and most diverse place on earth. This mountainous region covers almost one third of the Peruvian territory, and its herpetofauna remains poorly known.
Pablo J. Venegas +5 more
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Diversity, 2023 Effects of daily temperature fluctuations that mimic on-site environmental conditions were tested on seed germination and development in Dracula felix, a native epiphytic orchid from the neotropics.
Paulina H. Quijia-Lamiña +3 more
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Is rich and rare the common share? Describing biodiversity patterns to inform conservation practices for South American anurans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Species richness and range size are key features of biogeographic and macroecological analyses, which can yield a first assessment tool to define conservation priorities. Here we combined both features in a simultaneous analysis, based on range-diversity
Fabricio Villalobos +3 more
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Large and medium-sized mammals of Buenaventura Reserve, southwestern Ecuador [PDF]
Check List, 2017 Mammals are the third most threatened group of vertebrates and tropical ones are the most endangered according to recent studies. The Buenaventura Reserve protects 20 km2 of Montane Tropical forest in the southwestern part of the Ecuadorian Andes.
Jeronimo Torres-Porras +3 more
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Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2017 This article presents an overview of glaciation studies in the northern tropical Andes (Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador) mostly based on glacial geochronological data.
I. Angel, O. Guzman, J. Carcaillet
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Silicate rock weathering and atmospheric/soil CO2 uptake in the Amazon basin estimated from river water geochemistry: seasonal and spatial variations [PDF]
, 2003 Using the data of the CAMREX project (1982–1984) on the water geochemistry of the Amazon river and its main tributaries, it was possible to assess the silicate rock weathering processes and the associated consumption of atmospheric/soil CO2, taking into
Mortatti, Jefferson, Probst, Jean-Luc
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Environmental degradation risk by water erosion in a water producer Colombian Andes basin
Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2021 Globally, soil degradation by water erosion has become one of the major environmental problems in tropical regions, especially under the severe environmental conditions of the Andes. This study aims to detail the soil risk to degradation by water erosion
Daniel Enrique Guauque Mellado +2 more
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Andean Land Use And Biodiversity: Humanized Landscapes In A Time Of Change [PDF]
, 2009 Some landscapes Cannot be understood without reference., to the kinds. degrees, kinds, degrees, and history of human-caused modifications to the Earth's surface.
Brumfield R. T. +14 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023 The chelodesmid genus Dibolostethus Hoffman, 2009, the sole member of the tribe Dibolostethini, is reviewed. The genus contains the type species D.
Jackson C. Means +6 more
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