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Lebensraum des Bogotá Meerschweinchens
(2009-06)
Although the wetlands of the Sabana de Bogotá (Colombia) are strategic and officially protected ecosystems, they are highly endangered by urban expansion. Only fragments now exist of the once extensive wetland system. The ...
Caracterización florística de un fragmento del humedal Torca-Guaymaral (Bogotá, Cundinamarca)
(Bogotá : Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales, 2006, 2006-01)
Aún cuando los humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá son considerados ecosistemas estratégicos, actualmente se encuentran altamente amenazados por la creciente expansión urbana. Debido a que en el separador de la Autopista Morte ...
PHYTOGEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PLANT DIEBACK ALONG THE COASTAL DESERT OF NORTHERN CHILE
(BOSS DRUCK MEDIEN GMBH, 2011)
Along the hyper-arid Chilean coastal desert between 30 S and 18 S the Loma vegetation undergoes a gradual transition from open shrubland to small isolated areas of a scarce plant cover. Floristic and physiognomic features ...
Morphological and taxonomic descriptions of a new genus and species of killifishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) from the high Andes of northern Chile
(Public Library Science, 2017)
A new genus and species, Pseudorestias lirimensis, is described from the southern part of the Chilean Altiplano. While sharing several characters that clearly align the new species with Orestias, this new fish is characterized ...
Ecology, health and genetic characterization of the southernmost green turtle (Chelonia mydas) aggregation in the Eastern Pacific: implications for local conservation strategies
(Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2017)
Bahia Salado, located in northern Chile (27 degrees 41'S, 70 degrees 59'W), is the southernmost foraging ground for the endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). To date, almost no ...
Protecting biodiversity and economic returns in resource-rich tropical forests
(Wiley, 2020)
In pursuit of socioeconomic development, many countries are expanding oil and mineral extraction into tropical forests. These activities seed access to remote, biologically rich areas, thereby endangering global biodiversity. ...
The Oldest, Slowest Rainforests in the World? Massive Biomass and Slow Carbon Dynamics of Fitzroya cupressoides Temperate Forests in Southern Chile
(Public Library Science, 2015)
Old-growth temperate rainforests are, per unit area, the largest and most long-lived stores of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere, but their carbon dynamics have rarely been described. The endangered Fitzroya cupressoides ...
How does the beach ecosystem change without tourists during COVID-19 lockdown?
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2021)