This article presents a rereading of Buffon´s Natural History in the light of the concepts of temporal reversibility and irreversibility. The goal is to determine to what extent Buffon introduces a transformationist concept ...

Se explica el origen y evolución de la historia natural, como disciplina de las ciencias naturales que estudia fenómenos y procesos únicos e irrepetibles, acaecidos en el transcurso de dos historias íntimamente relacionadas: ...

We present morphological and natural history data on Epipedobates pictus and three additional taxa currently regarded as synonyms of the former: Epipedobates braccatus, E. flavopictus, and E. hahneli. Topotypes of the four ...

Se aporta información sobre aspectos de la historia natural de las luciérnagas como conductas de apareamiento, de reproducción y cría, de alimentación, entre otros. Se vinculan algunas de estas conductas a la vulnerabilidad ...

Background. Substantial individual heterogeneity exists in the clinical manifestations and duration of active tuberculosis. We sought to link the individual-level characteristics of tuberculosis disease to observed ...

In recent years natural history has been derided by some scientists as an old-fashion endeavor that does not follow the model of "hard" science and therefore should be considered "dead" and replaced by modern ecology, ...