Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Tropicales

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Rediscovering the edaphic knowledge of smallholder farmers in southern Ecuador
Understanding farmer local knowledge of soil management practices and their fertility is vital to maintaining soil fertility in agricultural areas, which contributes to maintaining sustainable agro-ecosystems. In this study, soil fertility indicators and the farmer's management practices were invest...
year: 2022 - type: Scopus - journal: Geoderma  - DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115468  - Google Schoolar: search

Impact of learning strategies in distance education on student performance in an introductory course of Soil Science [Impacto das estratégias de ensino à distância no desempenho de estudantes de um curso introdutório de Ciências do Solo] [Impacto de las estrategias de aprendizaje en educación a distancia sobre el desempeño estudiantil en un curso introductorio de la ciencia del suelo]
This research aims to determine if learning strategies influenced t he participation a nd performance of students from a Soil Science course in distance modality. The participation and qualifications of 783 students from an Environmental Management course of a university in southern Ecuador were use...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Revista Electrónica Educare  - DOI: 10.15359/ree.25-2.6  - Google Schoolar: search

A taxonomic revision of genus Phloeophila (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) in Ecuador
The orchid genus Phloeophila is distributed from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia, as well as Cuba. A taxonomic revision including the three Phloeophila species present in Ecuador is presented. Morphological characteristics, an identification key, maps of known localities and illustrations of t...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Plant and Fungal Systematics  - DOI: 10.35535/pfsyst-2021-0002  - Google Schoolar: search

Monitoring air quality with transplanted bryophytes in a neotropical andean city
Air pollution is one of the main global environmental problems, where bryophytes, due to their high capacity to retain metals and other pollutants, have been widely used in active air quality monitoring studies in temperate and tropical zones. Thus, in this study, we analyzed for the first time the ...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Life  - DOI: 10.3390/life11080821  - Google Schoolar: search

Floristic groups, and changes in diversity and structure of trees, in tropical montane forests in the southern andes of Ecuador
Composition, diversity, and structure of trees in tropical montane forests are responsive to ecological gradients and local succession. Those parameters are a result of ecological interactions between vegetation, environment, and location. This study identified floristic groups on mainly secondary f...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Diversity  - DOI: 10.3390/d13090400  - Google Schoolar: search

Epiphytic cryptogams as bioindicators of air quality in a tropical andean city
Air pollution is one of the main environmental problems in developed and developing countries. Epiphytic cryptogams (bryophytes and lichens) are proposed as a reliable indicator to detect environmental changes, given to their sensitivity to pollutants. In this study we evaluated air quality in the c...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Sustainability (Switzerland)  - DOI: 10.3390/su132011218  - Google Schoolar: search

Gram-negative bacteria from organic and conventional agriculture in the hydrographic basin of loja: Quality or pathogen reservoir?
Organic and conventional agriculture are vital for the development of human society; however, the use of contaminated water and the inappropriate use of organic chemical fertilizers can lead to an increase in the microbial load (potentially pathogenic) of the normal microbiota of the agricultural so...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Agronomy  - DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11112362  - Google Schoolar: search

Traditional knowledge on soil management and conservation in the inter-Andean region, northern Ecuador
Local farmers' knowledge of edaphic fertility indicators is a decisive factor for decision making and sustainable soil management. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine soil fertility indicators according to the criteria of small farmers and contrast it with scientific knowledge. A field ...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: SPANISH JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE  - DOI: 10.3232/SJSS.2021.V11.N1.05  - Google Schoolar: search

Effect of the application of Azospirillum sp. And Azotobacter sp. And the growth and productivity of kikuyo (Pennisetum clandestinum)
The use of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPR) is considered an alternative to substitute chemical fertilizers since it favors the productivity of plant species. The present study evaluated the effect of PGPR of the genera Azospirillum sp. and Azotobacter sp. on Pennisetum clandestinum (kikuyo) o...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Revista Bionatura  - DOI: 10.21931/RB/2021.06.04.4  - Google Schoolar: search

Agroecological economy in a rural commune in Southern Ecuador [Economía agroecológica en una comuna rural del sur del Ecuador]
Agricultural and livestock production in rural communities contributes significantly to the country's economic growth and food security. The orchards are very important and for food production as for contribution to the recovery of natural resources. This is possible when we work with an agroecologi...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Revista Bionatura  - DOI: 10.21931/RB/2021.06.04.6  - Google Schoolar: search

Effects of Land-Use Change on the Community Structure of the Dung Beetle (Scarabaeinae) in an Altered Ecosystem in Southern Ecuador
This study evaluates the effects of land-use change (L-UCH) on dung beetle community structure (Scarabaeinae) in a disturbed dry ecosystem in southern Ecuador. Five different L-UCH classes were analyzed by capturing the dung beetle species at each site using 120 pitfall traps in total. To determine ...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: INSECTS  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12040306  - Google Schoolar: search

Briófitos y hongos (liquenizados y no liquenizados) del Parque Universitario Francisco Vivar Castro, Loja, Ecuador
Los briófitos y hongos (liquenizados y no liquenizados) son altamente diversos en ecosistemas tropicales, y están relacionados con el funcionamiento de los mismos; sin embargo, la diversidad de estos organismos es aún poco estudiada en Ecuador. A nivel de país se ha reportado alrededor de 1700 e...
year: 2021 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Latitud Cero   - DOI: https://doi.org/10.54753/blc.v11i2.1102   - Google Schoolar: search

Soil quality/health indicators in a disturbed ecosystem in southern Ecuador
Tropical ecosystems are under increasing pressure from changes in land use (Ch-LUs). These changes significantly alter the quality/health of the soil, thus minimizing the possibilities for further development and human well-being. This occurs in the buffer zone of the Podocarpus National Park (PNP),...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: SOIL SCIENCE ANNUAL  - DOI: 10.37501/soilsa/135991  - Google Schoolar: search

Primer registro del liquen Pyrenula hirsuta para Sudamérica
We report Pyrenula hirsuta for the first time in South American from neotropical lowland rain forest of Yasuní National Park. P. hirsuta is characterized by ascospores with many hyaline cilia and 5–7 septate. This specie grow as epiphyte in smooth bark of trees. Here, we provide information about...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Neotropical Biodiversity  - DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2021.1894862  - Google Schoolar: search

Corrigendum: Museomics Unveil the Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Neglected Juan Fernandez Archipelago Megalachne and Podophorus Endemic Grasses and Their Connection With Relict Pampean-Ventanian Fescues
In the original article, there was amistake in Table 1, Figures 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B and 5, Supplementary Figures 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2B, 2C and 3, and Supplementary Tables 1 and 2A as published. The name and authorship of Festuca fontqueri St-Yves were misspelled as Festuca fontqueriana (St-Yves) Romo. I...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Frontiers in Plant Science  - DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.817266  - Google Schoolar: search

Soil and leaf nutrients drivers on the chemical composition of the essential oil of siparuna muricata
Chemical compositions of plants are affected by the initial nutrient contents in the soil and climatic conditions; thus, we analyzed for the first time the effects of soil and leaf nutrients on the compositions of the essential oils (EOs) of Siparuna muricata in four different localities in Ecuador....
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Molecules  - DOI: 10.3390/molecules26102949  - Google Schoolar: search

Are Juglans neotropica plantations useful as a refuge of bryophytes diversity in tropical areas?
Neotropical montane forests are considered biodiversity hotspots, where epiphytic bryophytes are an important component of the diversity, biomass and functioning of these ecosys-tems. We evaluated the richness and composition of bryophytes in secondary successional forests and mixed plantations of J...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Life  - DOI: 10.3390/life11050434  - Google Schoolar: search

Cryptogamic epiphytes as indicators of successional changes in megadiverse lowland rain forests of western Amazonia
The Amazonian rain forests of Yasuni National Park, Ecuador (YNP), count among the world's forests regions with highest biodiversity, but are strongly threatened by deforestation. Cryptogams (bryophytes and lichens) are common and characteristic organisms in these forests, are sensitive to environme...
year: 2021 - type: Scopus - journal: Ecological Indicators  - DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107890  - Google Schoolar: search

Taxonomic study of the genus oritrophium (Astereae, Compositae) in Ecuador [Estudio taxonómico del género oritrophium (Astereae, Compositae) en Ecuador]
Oritrophium (Kunth) Cuatrec. es un género neotropical con distribución disyunta en los Andes de Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Perú y centro de México, con una notable diversidad en Ecuador. Presentamos el estudio taxonómico del género para Ecuador, el cual representa la primera revisi...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid  - Google Schoolar: search

Linking patterns and processes of tree community assembly across spatial scales in tropical montane forests
Many studies have tried to assess the role of both deterministic and stochastic processes in community assembly, yet a lack of consensus exists on which processes are more prevalent and at which spatial scales they operate. To shed light on this issue, we tested two non-mutually exclusive, scale-dep...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Ecology  - DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3058  - Google Schoolar: search

Platyhypnidium aquaticum as bioindicator of metal and metalloid contamination of river water in a neotropical mountain city
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Water contamination is a major environmental problem in many cities of the world. Most water contamination results from industry and human activities that generate toxic substances (e.g., metals). Rheophilic and aquatic mosses are found in l...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Plants  - DOI: 10.3390/plants9080974  - Google Schoolar: search

Diversity and distribution of epiphyllous bryophytes in Beilschmiedia costaricensis (Mez & Pittier) C.K.Allen (Lauraceae) [Diversidad y distribución de briófitos epífilos en Beilschmiedia costaricensis (Mez & Pittier) C.K.Allen (Lauraceae)]
n tropical montane forests, bryophytes are important in terms of diversity and functioning, in which epiphyllous species grow on tree leaves of trees and shrubs, and they are particularly abundant. The objective of this article was to evaluate epiphyllous bryophyte species richness and community com...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Colombia Forestal  - DOI: 10.14483/2256201X.15177  - Google Schoolar: search

Contribución a la diversidad de hepáticas neotropicales: nuevos registros para Panamá
Based on floristic and ecological studies of bryophytes from Panama, we report four new species to the country (Cryptomitrium tenerum, Metzgeria mexicana, Radula tectiloba, and Targionia hypophylla), increasing the total species number to 491 species. Metzgeria mexicana is recorded for the first tim...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Neotropical Biodiversity  - DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2020.1863757  - Google Schoolar: search

Mapping tree species vulnerability to multiple threats as a guide to restoration and conservation of tropical dry forests
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Understanding the vulnerability of tree species to anthropogenic threats is important for the efficient planning of restoration and conservation efforts. We quantified and compared the effects of future climate change and four current threats (fire, habitat conversion...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Global Change Biology  - DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15028  - Google Schoolar: search

Chemical constituents of Croton thurifer Kunth as α-glucosidase inhibitors
Phytochemical investigation of Croton thurifer, collected in Loja-Ecuador, led to the isolation of seven known compounds identified as: (3R, 20S) -3-palmitate-20-hydroxydammar-24-ene (1); (3R, 20S)-3-acetoxy-20-hydroxydammar-24-ene (2); Trans-phytol (3); vomifoliol (4); β-sitosterol (5); trans-tili...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Records of Natural Products  - DOI: 10.25135/rnp.136.18.11.1069  - Google Schoolar: search

Effects of silvicultural treatments and topography on individual tree growth in a tropical mountain forest in Ecuador
© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Few studies have analysed the effect of silvicultural treatments on tree growth in tropical montane forests (TMF). These forests have strong topographic gradients, which influence growth rates and can potentially interact with silvicultural treatments. The present study investi...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Forest Ecology and Management  - DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117726  - Google Schoolar: search

Taxonomic differentiation of Iberian knapweeds (Centaurea sects. Jacea and Lepteranthus, Asteraceae) and genetic isolation of infraspecific floral morphotypes
The taxonomic boundaries of Centaurea L. species and infraspecific taxa are often blurred by hybridizations. However, counterbalancing genetic isolation contributes to maintain the taxonomic limits and to foster rapid speciation processes. Radiant (R) and non-radiant (NR) capitula are two major flo...
year: 2020 - type: ISI - journal: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2020389  - Google Schoolar: search

Distribución potencial y áreas prioritarias para la conservación de briófitos en Ecuador
Los briófitos cumplen un papel clave en la diversidad, biomasa y funcionamiento de ecosistemas; sin embargo, la deforestación amenaza el estado de conservación de las especies. Los modelos de distribución potencial son una herramienta que permiten la protección y conservación de especies amena...
year: 2020 - type: Latindex Directorio - journal: Bosque Latitud Cero  - DOI: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c9rcUZG4Yuzie54mft4fj356HjvsnPhj/view  - Google Schoolar: search

Producción y valor proteico de Pleurotus ostreatus en la región sur de Ecuador Production and protein value of Pleurotus ostreatus in the southern region of Ecuador
Mushrooms feed on organic matter, many of them with high nutritional value and poorly used. Large-scale crops require a strong economic investment to control temperature and humidity variables. The overall aim of this study is to cultivate Pleurotus ostreatus by hand without further...
year: 2020 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías   - DOI: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345768424_Produccion_y_valor_proteico_de_Pleurotus_ostreatus_en_la_region_sur_de_Ecuador_Production_and_protein_value_of_Pleurotus_ostreatus_in_the_southern_region_of_Ecuador  - Google Schoolar: search

Bryophytes on tree trunks as indicators of montane forest disturbance in Panama [Briófitos en los troncos de árboles como indicadores de la alteración en bosques montanos de Panamá]
© 2020, Universidad de Costa Rica. All rights reserved. Introduction: Tropical montane forests are characterized by high species richness and endemism of bryophytes. However, this diversity is highly sensitive to microclimatic changes related to anthropogenic disturbance. Objective: In this study, ...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Revista de Biologia Tropical  - DOI: 10.15517/RBT.V68I2.38965  - Google Schoolar: search

Nutrient dynamics in an Andean forest region: a case study of exotic and native species plantations in southern Ecuador
Reforestation efforts in tropical Andean montane forest region in Ecuador have developed without intensive baseline studies and based on the use exotic forest species, while native species are only of recent interest. Information about nutrient dynamics of both species is of upmost importance in ord...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: New Forests  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-019-09734-9  - Google Schoolar: search

Repercussion of local knowledge on soil management and conservation in Southern Ecuador
Soil fertility indicators were studied according to the perception of farmers in southern Ecuador, and this knowledge was contrasted scientific knowledge. Information was collected through surveys. Local farmer knowledge was based on qualitative soil indicators like worm presence, crop yield, and so...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Ciencia del Suelo  - Google Schoolar: search

Plant diversity and composition changes along an altitudinal gradient in the isolated volcano sumaco in the ecuadorian amazon
© 2020 by the authors. The paramo is a unique and severely threatened ecosystem scattered in the high northern Andes of South America. However, several further, extra-Andean paramos exist, of which a particular case is situated on the active volcano Sumaco, in the northwestern Amazon Basin of Ecuad...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Diversity  - DOI: 10.3390/D12060229  - Google Schoolar: search

Museomics Unveil the Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Neglected Juan Fernandez Archipelago Megalachne and Podophorus Endemic Grasses and Their Connection With Relict Pampean-Ventanian Fescues
Oceanic islands constitute natural laboratories to study plant speciation and biogeographic patterns of island endemics. Juan Fernandez is a southern Pacific archipelago consisting of three small oceanic islands located 600-700 km west of the Chilean coastline. Exposed to current cold seasonal oce...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Frontiers in Plant Science  - DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00819  - Google Schoolar: search

Incremento de la motivación a partir de la creación de recursos multimedia en un curso de la Ciencia del Suelo
TLa enseñanza de la Ciencia del Suelo requiere herramientas dinámicas que permitan al estudiante participar de manera continua a lo largo del ciclo académico. El objetivo de esta investigación es integrar la tecnología a las estrategias de aprendizaje para aumentar la motivación y el rendimien...
year: 2020 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Cuaderno de Pedagogía Universitaria  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.29197/cpu.v17i33.379  - Google Schoolar: search

Ceratolejeunea panamensis (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta), a new species from Panama
Ceratolejeunea panamensis is described from Chiriquí province, Panama. The new species is distinguished from other species of the genus Ceratolejeunea by its numerous, scattered ocelli (6-20) in the leaf lobes and the very shortly bifid, reniform underleaves. © 2020 Magnolia Press...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Phytotaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.459.3.6  - Google Schoolar: search

Chemical analysis of the essential oil from Siparuna echinata (Kunth) A. DC. (siparunaceae) of Ecuador and isolation of the rare Terpenoid sipaucin A
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The phytochemical research on the species Siparuna echinata, collected in the Province of Loja (Ecuador), led to the isolation of a rare sesquiterpenoid, called Sipaucin A. The structure was confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and ...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Plants  - DOI: 10.3390/plants9020187  - Google Schoolar: search

Volatile Metabolites in Liverworts of Ecuador
Volatile metabolites from Frullania brasiliensis Raddi, Herbertus juniperoideus (Sw.) Grolle, Leptoscyphus hexagonus (Nees) Grolle, and Syzygiella anomala (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Steph collected in the south of Ecuador were investigated. Volatile secondary metabolites were extracted by hydrodistill...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Metabolites  - DOI: 10.3390/metabo10030092  - Google Schoolar: search

Functional Diversity Changes after Selective Thinning in a Tropical Mountain Forest in Southern Ecuador
The impact of selective thinning on forest diversity has been extensively studied in temperate and boreal regions. However, in the tropics, knowledge is still poor regarding the impacts of this silvicultural treatment on functional diversity, especially in tropical mountain forests, which are con...
year: 2020 - type: Scopus - journal: Diversity  - DOI: 10.3390/d12060256  - Google Schoolar: search

The distributions of morphologically specialized hummingbirds coincide with floral trait matching across an Andean elevational gradient
Morphological trait matching between species affects resource partitioning in mutualistic systems. Yet, the determinants of spatial variation in trait matching remain largely unaddressed. Here, we generate a hypothesis that is based on the geographical distributions of species morphologies. To illus...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Biotropica  - DOI: 10.1111/btp.12637  - Google Schoolar: search

Geomorphology and Altitude Effects on the Diversity and Structure of the Vanishing Montane Forest of Southern Ecuador
(1) Background: Neotropical montane forests represent one of the most diverse world ecosystems; however, they are also among the most threatened ones mostly due to deforestation. Our main goal is to classify and clarify the forest types based on the changes in basal area (BA), tree density, and spec...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Diversity  - DOI: 10.3390/D11030032  - Google Schoolar: search

¿Qué pasaría si se extinguen los insectos?
Al rededor del 40% de los artrópodos e insectos se están extinguiendo y desaparecen a una velocidad mucho más rápida de la que nos toma describirlas o guardar un registro de su existencia....
year: 2019 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Nacional - journal: Dialoguemos, la academia en la comunidad  - Google Schoolar: search

Taxonomic novelties in Andean Senecioneae (Compositae)
Two new Andean species belonging to the tribe Senecioneae (Compositae) are described herein, i.e., Dendrophorbium azoguesense from Ecuador and D. varicosum from Bolivia. The species Pentacalia todziae is recorded for the first time in Ecuador and the names Dendrophorbium onae and D. onae var. leonis...
year: 2019 - type: ISI - journal: Phytotaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.402.3.2  - Google Schoolar: search

Biodegradation of residues from the palo santo (Bursera graveolens) essential oil extraction and their potential for enzyme production using native xylaria fungi from Southern Ecuador
© 2019 MDPI AG. All rights reserved. The degradation dynamics of lignin and cellulose were analyzed by means of a solid state biodegradation experiment, using residues from the essential oil extraction of the Palo Santo tree (Bursera graveolens). As such, two native Xylaria spp. and an exotic mushr...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Fermentation  - DOI: 10.3390/fermentation5030076  - Google Schoolar: search

Bryophyte communities along a tropical urban river respond to heavy metal and arsenic pollution
Aquatic and rheophilous bryophytes can indicate water pollution as they bioaccumulate toxic water elements. We evaluated (1) bioaccumulation of eight heavy metals and arsenic by Marchantia polymorpha L., and (2) changes in bryophyte community structure, as responses to urban pollution in southern E...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Water (Switzerland)  - DOI: 10.3390/w11040813  - Google Schoolar: search

ESTUDIO FITOQUÍMICO DE ROUPALA MONTANA AUBL. DE LA PROVINCIA DE LOJA
En el presente trabajo de investigación se aisló y caracterizó metabolitos secundarios a partir de las hojas de la especie Roupala montana Aubl., mediante técnicas espectroscópicas como Resonancia magnética nuclear (RMN) y Cromatografía de gases acoplada a espectrometría de masas (CG-EM). Se...
year: 2019 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: REVISTA AXIOMA  - DOI: https://doi.org/10.26621/XV19.2018.12.A01.PUCESI.2550.6684  - Google Schoolar: search

Lichen Responses to Disturbance: Clues for Biomonitoring Land-use Effects on Riparian Andean Ecosystems
The transformation of natural ecosystems due to anthropogenic land use is considered one of the main causes of biodiversity loss. Lichens, due to their poikilohydric nature, are very sensitive to natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Therefore, lichen communities have been widely used as bioind...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Diversity  - DOI: 10.3390/D11050073  - Google Schoolar: search

Chemical composition, enantiomeric distribution, and sensory evaluation of the essential oils distilled from the ecuadorian species myrcianthes myrsinoides (Kunth) grifo and myrcia mollis (Kunth) dc. (Myrtaceae)
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The essential oils of Myrcianthes myrsinoides and Myrcia mollis, belonging to the Myrtaceae family, were obtained by steam distillation. They were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), gas chromatography-flame ionization ...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Plants  - DOI: 10.3390/plants8110511  - Google Schoolar: search

MANEJO Y PRODUCCIÓN SOSTENIBLE DEL GANADO EN LAS ZONAS DE PÁRAMO Y DE BOSQUE ALTO ANDINO
El desarrollo de la ganadería es un tema muy relevante para la producción agropecuaria y seguridad alimentaria de los ciudadanos, que ha movido a la UTPL a impulsar investigación sobre el manejo y producción sostenible del ganado bovino en las zonas de Páramo y de Bosque Alto Andino, como modo ...
year: 2019 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: PERSPECTIVAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN  - Google Schoolar: search

Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: A catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records
© William Chamorro et al. The Ecuadorian territory is divided into four natural regions: the coastal lowlands, the Andean highlands, the Amazon basin, and the Galapagos Islands. Each of these regions has its own ecosystems and specific vegetation. The purpose of this work is to compile an updated c...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: ZooKeys  - DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.826.26488  - Google Schoolar: search

Evaluating the structure of commensalistic epiphyte–phorophyte networks: a comparative perspective of biotic interactions
Epiphytic vascular plants comprise an essential part of the tropical flora and are a key component for ecosystem functioning. Some recent studies have used a network approach to investigate the interaction of epiphytes with host phorophytes at the community level. However, knowledge on commensalisti...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: AoB plants  - DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plz011  - Google Schoolar: search

Early growth response of nine timber species to release in a tropical mountain forest of Southern Ecuador
© 2019 by the authors. Research Highlights: This study determined that treatment "release from competitors" causes different reactions in selected timber species respective to diametrical growth, in which the initial size of the tree (diametric class) is important. Also, the growth habit and phenol...
year: 2019 - type: ISI - journal: Forests  - DOI: 10.3390/f10030254  - Google Schoolar: search

Terrestrial bryophyte communities in relation to climatic and topographic factors in a paramo of southern Ecuador [Comunidades de briófitos terrestres relacionados con factores climáticos y topográficos en un páramo del sur de Ecuador]
Paramos have high species diversity and a high proportion of endemic species and are of major importance for hydrological regulation of the environment. However, they are highly threatened by agriculture and cattle grazing. Bryophytes are an important component of paramo in terms of diversity and bi...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Caldasia  - DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v41n2.67869  - Google Schoolar: search

Phytochemistry of Three Ecuadorian Lamiaceae: Lepechinia heteromorpha (Briq.) Epling, Lepechinia radula (Benth.) Epling and Lepechinia paniculata (Kunth) Epling
In this research, the leaves of Lepechinia heteromorpha (Briq.) Epling, Lepechinia radula (Benth.) Epling and Lepechinia paniculata (Kunth) Epling have been collected in order to perform a phytochemical study. The first species was distilled to obtain a novel essential oil (EO), while the others wer...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Plants  - DOI: 10.3390/plants8010001  - Google Schoolar: search

Forest diversity and structure in the Amazonian mountain ranges of southeastern Ecuador
© 2016 by the authors. We analyze the structure of diameter, richness, and diversity of the forests in the upper limit of the great Amazon basin located in the Ecuadorian territory of the Cordilleras del Cóndor and Cutucú. Our hypothesis was that the forests of the eastern mountain ranges are not...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Diversity  - DOI: 10.3390/d11100196  - Google Schoolar: search

Using growth forms to predict epiphytic lichen abundance in awide variety of forest types
© 2019 by the authors. Epiphytic richness is continuously declining due to forest fragmentation, logging, burning, agriculture, and livestock. The rate of species loss caused by habitat degradation and loss is more pronounced in Central and South America. Considering the extreme difficulty and time...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Diversity  - DOI: 10.3390/d11040051  - Google Schoolar: search

Lichen diversity on tree trunks in tropical dry forests is highly influenced by host tree traits
© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. Tropical dry forests have been recognized as one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world due to deforestation. These ecosystems harbour a high endemicity of epiphytes, which play a major role in the functioning of the forests. Lichens constitute an important frac...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Biodiversity and Conservation  - DOI: 10.1007/s10531-019-01805-9  - Google Schoolar: search

Community intervention to promote food self-sufficiency: an experience in the Canton of Loja, Ecuador [L’intervention communautaire visant à promouvoir l’autosuffisance alimentaire: une expérience dans le Canton de Loja, à l’Équateur] [Intervenção junto à comunidade para promover a autossuficiência alimentar: uma experiência no Cantão de Loja, Equador] [Intervención comunitaria para promover la autosuficiencia alimentaria: una experiencia en el Cantón Loja, Ecuador]
Poverty damages food security, because family feeding becomes monotonous and unbalanced. Due to poverty families are unable to acquire diverse and quality provisions. This leads to the development of degenerative diseases, which today afflict the current population. The family garden, as an alternat...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Agroalimentaria   - DOI: doi  - Google Schoolar: search

Learning teaching styles and strategies of University Students of Soil Science [Estilos y estrategia de enseñanza-aprendizaje de estudiantes universitarios de la Ciencia del Suelo]
El propósito de esta investigación fue determinar los estilos de aprendizaje por género y carrera y, las estrategias de enseñanza más efectivas, debido a que el tema de la educación a nivel universitario en el Ecuador ha sido poco estudiado. Se tomó como grupo focal a estudiantes de Edafolog...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Revista Electronica de Investigacion Educativa  - DOI: 10.24320/redie.2019.21.e04.1935  - Google Schoolar: search

New records of terricolous lichens in ecuadorian páramos [Nuevos registros de líquenes terrícolas en los páramos ecuatorianos]
Se presentan 49 nuevas citas para los páramos de El Cajas y El Ángel, en las provincias de Azuay y Carchi, respectivamente. Se encontraron los nuevos registros para Ecuador Cladonia scabriuscula, Cora accipiter, C. caucensis, C. dalehana, C. hafecesweorthensis, C. inversa, Dictyonema caespitosum ...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Caldasia  - DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v41n2.72040  - Google Schoolar: search

Diagnostics of new species of Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), with the first record of Coptotriche Walshingham from South America
We describe seven new Neotropical species of Tischeriidae: Astrotischeria dondavisi Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. bacchariphaga Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. guatemalica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. sanjosei Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. truncata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., Coptotriche parvisac...
year: 2019 - type: Scopus - journal: Zootaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.1.1  - Google Schoolar: search

Functional traits of epiphytic lichens in response to forest disturbance and as predictors of total richness and diversity
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Epiphytic lichens are good ecological indicators of climatic and environmental changes. The physiology of lichens is related with their morphology and anatomy (traits) and thus the response to changes in the environment could be related with these traits. In this study we evalua...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Ecological Indicators  - DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.021  - Google Schoolar: search

Introductory learning on soil science through a MOOC course
The purpose of this research was to describe the resources used in the design of an introductory massive open online course (MOOC) on soil science, to evaluate the effect of resources on student performance and evaluate the development of the course. The course was structured for six weeks, includin...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Corpoica Ciencia y Tecnologia Agropecuaria  - DOI: 10.21930/rcta.vol19_num3_art:649  - Google Schoolar: search

Phylogeny of highly hybridogenous Iberian Centaurea L. (Asteraceae) taxa and its taxonomic implications
Centaurea is one of the richest but less investigated genera of tribe Cardueae (Asteraceae). We reconstructed an updated phylogeny of Iberian species of Centaurea sects. Centaurea, Jacea, Lepteranthus and Phalolepis sampling representatives from 48 taxa (~60% of the taxonomic variation). Phylogeneti...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Plant Biosystems  - DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2018.1435569  - Google Schoolar: search

On Metzgeria saccata mitt. (Marchantiophyta: Metzgeriaceae) with description of a new species from South America
© 2017 J. Cramer in Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany. We describe the new liverwort Metzgeria holzii Gradst. and Benítez sp. nov. from southern Ecuador and southeastern Brazil. The species was previous recorded as M. saccata, a species from Australasia characterized by the...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Nova Hedwigia  - DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2017/0453  - Google Schoolar: search

Effect of the altitudinal gradient on soil carbon and nitrogen reserves in a dry scrub in Ecuador. Ecosistemas 27(3):116-122. DoI.: 10.7818/ECos.1521 [Efecto del gradiente altitudinal sobre las reservas de carbono y nitrógeno del suelo en un matorral seco en Ecuador]
El estudio de la distribución y reservas de carbono (C) y nitrógeno (N) en el suelo es de crucial importancia para todos los ecosistemas terrestres, particularmente en zonas secas de montaña donde encontramos alta heterogeneidad debido a las diferencias en suelos, clima y vegetación en relación...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Ecosistemas  - DOI: 10.7818/ECOS.1521  - Google Schoolar: search

Essential Oil Constituents of Mosses Species from Ecuador
© 2018 Har Krishan Bhalla & Sons. Breutelia tomentosa (Sw. ex Brid.) A. Jaeger, Leptodontium viticulosoides (P. Beauv.) Wijk & Margad., Macromitrium perreflexum Steere, Campylopus richardii Brid., Rhacocarpus purpurascens (Brid.) Paris., and Thuidium peruvianum Mitt. essential oils were obtaine...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants  - DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2018.1432420  - Google Schoolar: search

Checklist with a key to genera and subgenera of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) present and supposed for Ecuador [Listado de especies y clave de géneros y subgéneros de escarabajos estercoleros (Coleoptera: scarabaeidae: scarabaeinae) presentes y presuntos para ecuador]
The beetles of the Subfamily Scarabaeinae are a group that have been used in taxonomic, ecological, natural history, biodiversity and conservation studies recently, as they are good indicators of habitat quality and due to their great genera and species richness. Their taxonomy is relatively well kn...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Revista Colombiana de Entomologia  - DOI: 10.25100/socolen.v44i1.6545  - Google Schoolar: search

Capacitaciones en huertos caseros, una alternativa de producción familiar para la etnia Saraguro al sur del Ecuador
This research evaluated knowledge and technical skills before and after a training program on production of family gardens, this was led by teachers and students of the UTPL as a contribution to food security in Ecuador, province of Loja, Saraguro canton. The training curriculum consisted in the imp...
year: 2018 - type: Latindex Directorio - journal: Revista de extensión universitaria  - DOI: 10.14409/extension.v8i8.Ene-Jun  - Google Schoolar: search

First records of Phyllopeltula and Reimnitzia genera (epiphytic lichens) for Ecuador [Primeros registros de los géneros Phyllopeltula y Reimnitzia (Líquenes epífitos) para el Ecuador]
Phyllopeltula steppae and Reimnitzia santensis from dry forest of southern Ecuador were collected for the first time in Ecuador. The collections constitute the first records of the genera Phyllopeltula and Reimnitzia in the country. We provide information about ecology and distribution of the specie...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Gayana - Botanica  - DOI: 10.4067/S0717-66432018000100535  - Google Schoolar: search

Soil science education in university students of different careers: A case study of an Ecuadorian university
Nowadays the learning of Soil Science is a topic of upmost importance in the academic environment of Latin America. This study was carried out in the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja at southern Ecuador. The focus of this research was to assess the academic performance of students of an intro...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: CEUR Workshop Proceedings  - Google Schoolar: search

Alnus acuminata kunth: una alternativa de reforestación y fijación de dióxido de carbono
Uno de los gases responsables del cambio climático es el Dióxido de Carbono, mismo que se dispersa hacia la atmósfera por causa de la quema de combustibles fósiles. Además, la excesiva tasa de deforestación acontecida en el último milenio, que por motivos de expansión de la frontera agríco...
year: 2018 - type: Latindex Directorio - journal: BOSQUES LATITUD CERO  - Google Schoolar: search

Small-scale topography modulates elevational α-, β- and γ-diversity of Andean leaf beetles
Part of Springer Nature Elevational diversity gradients are typically studied without considering the complex small-scale topography of large mountains, which generates habitats of strongly different environmental conditions within the same elevational zones. Here we analyzed the importance of small...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Oecologia  - DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4108-4  - Google Schoolar: search

New Records and Functional Role of Anchytarsus palpalis Champion, 1897 (Coleoptera: Ptilodactylidae) in Ecuador
Anchytarsus was described by Guérin-Méneville (1843) and currently is known to be represented by five species: A. bicolor (Melsheimer 1846) for eastern North America, A. instriatus Pic 1931 and A. substriatus Champion 1897 for Central America, A. folliculipalpus Stribling 1986 and A. palpalis (Cha...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Coleopterists Bulletin  - DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.1.157  - Google Schoolar: search

Enseñanza de la introducción de la ciencia del suelo en modalidad a distancia en Ecuador
La enseñanza de la Ciencia del Suelo a través del sistema de educación superior Modalidad Abierta y a Distancia permite, llegar prácticamente a todos los rincones del país e incluso cruzar fronteras, por ello los objetivos de este estudio fueron determinar si las barreras geográficas son lim...
year: 2018 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Revista Ciencias Pedagógicas e Innovación  - DOI: 10.26423/rcpi.v6i1.211  - Google Schoolar: search

Relationship between ecuatorian student’s learning styles and academic performance in soil science [Relación entre los estilos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes ecuatorianos y el rendimiento académico en la ciencia del suelo]
Nowadays, there has been increasing interest in topics related to education on soil science, however, topics about learning on this science have been poorly studied, particularly the relationship between learning styles and their academic performance have not yet been addressed in the literature. Th...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Revista de la Asociación Argentina de la Ciencia del Suelo  - Google Schoolar: search

High diversity of root-associated fungi isolated from three epiphytic orchids in southern Ecuador
Knowledge of fungal root-associates is essential for effective conservation of tropical epiphytic orchids. We investigated the diversity of root-associated fungi of Cyrtochilum myanthum, Scaphyglottis punctulata and Stelis superbiens from a tropical mountain rainforest in southern Ecuador, using a c...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Mycoscience  - DOI: 10.1016/j.myc.2017.07.007  - Google Schoolar: search

Aprendizaje introductorio sobre la ciencia del suelo a través de un curso MOOC
El propósito de esta investigación fue describir los recursos utilizados en el diseño de un curso masivo de acceso abierto en línea introductorio de ciencias del suelo, y evaluar tanto el efecto de los recursos obligatorios en el rendimiento de los estudiantes, como el desarrollo del curso. Este...
year: 2018 - type: Scopus - journal: Corpoica Ciencia y Tecnologia Agropecuaria  - Google Schoolar: search

Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia)
© 2017 Magnolia Press. We review forty-five species of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) based on an analysis of samples collected in the central Andean region of Peru and Bolivia. Thirteen of these species are new to science, and are named and described here: Stigmella paracosma Remeikis & Stonis, sp. ...
year: 2017 - type: Scopus - journal: Zootaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4257.1.1  - Google Schoolar: search

RIQUEZA Y COMPOSICIÓN DE BRIÓFITOS EPÍFILOS DEL ESTRATO ARBÓREO EN EL PARQUE INTERNACIONAL LA AMISTAD-PACIFICO, PANAMÁ
Los briófitos epífilos habitan la superficie de las hojas y son más pequeños que aquellos presentes en otros sustratos¹. En las regiones húmedas tropicales es el ambiente en donde estas plantas alcanzan su mayor diversificación². Por esta razón, se documentó la riqueza y composición de...
year: 2017 - type: Latindex Directorio - journal: Ciencia en desarrollo  - Google Schoolar: search

Oritrophium yacuriense (Astereae, Compositae), an overlooked new species from southern Ecuador
Oritrophium yacuriense is described as a new species from the Andes of southern Ecuador. Morphological characters are used in order to distinguish it from the closest species O. repens, which differs mainly in the leaf morphology. The new species occurs in wet herbaceous páramos of the lagoon compl...
year: 2017 - type: ISI - journal: Phytotaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.302.3.7  - Google Schoolar: search

Riqueza y diversidad vegetal en un bosque siempreverde piemontano en los Andes del sur del Ecuador
Se detalla la riqueza y la diversidad de las especies florísticas en una hectárea de bosque siempreverde piemontano en la provincia de Zamora Chinchipe. La riqueza y diversidad evaluada en este tipo de bosque aportarán al conocimiento de estos ecosistemas tropicales que están siendo fuertemente ...
year: 2017 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Bosques Latitud Cero   - Google Schoolar: search

Records of terricolous lichens from páramos of southern Ecuador
Ecological studies of five páramos in Azuay and Loja provinces recorded one lichen species new to South America (Bryoria nitidula), five new to Ecuador (Cladonia halei, C. melanopoda, C. merochlorophaea, C. subreticulata, Diploschistes diacapsis), two new to mainland Ecuador (Cladonia grayi, C. pyx...
year: 2017 - type: Scopus - journal: Mycotaxon  - DOI: 10.5248/132.153  - Google Schoolar: search

Manual de laboratorio de Botánica Herramientas bioinformáticas para la conservación
Las listas rojas de especies amenazadas son una de las herramientas comúnmente utilizadas para guiar políticas de conservación y uso sostenible de los recursos. De entre las capacidades que debe adquirir un biólogo hoy en día, destacan las herramientas bioinformáticas que permitan orientar ...
year: 2017 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Internacional - journal: Reduca  - Google Schoolar: search

Changes in soil cryptogamic communities in tropical Ecuadorean páramos
Altitudinal gradients involve macroclimatic changes that can affect the diversity of several organisms. We tested the effects of the elevation and small-scale variables on the diversity and composition of terricolous communities (lichens and bryophytes) in five páramos in southern Ecuador. The alti...
year: 2017 - type: Scopus - journal: Community Ecology  - DOI: 10.1556/168.2017.18.1.2  - Google Schoolar: search

Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, syrphidae)
Syrphidae is one of the most speciose families of true flies, with more than 6,100 described species and worldwide distribution. They are important for humans acting as crucial pollinators, biological control agents, decomposers, and bioindicators. One third of its diversity is found in the Neotropi...
year: 2017 - type: Scopus - journal: ZooKeys  - DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.691.13328  - Google Schoolar: search

Cambio en el uso del suelo de Zamora Chinchipe
Cambio en el uso del suelo de Zamora Chinchipe...
year: 2017 - type: Latindex Directorio - journal: El Agro  - Google Schoolar: search

Liverworts New to Ecuador with Description of Plagiochila priceana sp. nov. and Syzygiella burghardtii sp. nov.
© 2017 Adac. Tous droits réservés. Based on our ongoing studies of the bryophyte flora of Ecuador we report fifteen liverwort species new to the country: Cheilolejeunea ornata, Drepanolejeunea integribracteata, Frullania lindenbergii, Kymatocalyx rhizomatica, Lejeunea corynantha, Leptoscyphus cle...
year: 2017 - type: Scopus - journal: Cryptogamie, Bryologie  - DOI: 10.7872/cryb/v38.iss4.2017.335  - Google Schoolar: search

A report on Lamiaceae-feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from South America
We provide a report on Nepticulidae feeding on Lamiaceae plants in South America and describe two new species from the Andes: Stigmella lamiacifoliae Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., feeding on Salvia palifolia in Colombia, and S. scutellariae Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov., feeding on Scutellaria volubili...
year: 2017 - type: Scopus - journal: Zootaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.6  - Google Schoolar: search

Forest site classification in the Southern Andean region of ecuador: A case study of pine plantations to collect a base of soil attributes
Forest site classification adapted to the respective site conditions is one prerequisite for sustainable silviculture. This work aims to initiate the forest site classification for pine plantations in the southern Andean region of Ecuador. Forest productivity, estimated by the dominant height of 20-...
year: 2017 - type: Scopus - journal: Forests  - DOI: 10.3390/f8120473  - Google Schoolar: search

First description of l.-mining Nepticulidae and Tischeriidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) feeding on the Chilean endemic plant genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae)
Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press. Despite taxonomic and conservation interest in the Chilean endemic plant genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae: subfamily Asteroideae, tribe Heliantheae), no Podanthus-feeding Nepticulidae or Tischeriidae have ever been recorded. Here, on the basis of material reared fro...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Zootaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.2  - Google Schoolar: search

Human impacts and aridity differentially alter soil N availability in drylands worldwide
Aims: Climate and human impacts are changing the nitrogen (N) inputs and losses in terrestrial ecosystems. However, it is largely unknown how these two major drivers of global change will simultaneously influence the N cycle in drylands, the largest terrestrial biome on the planet. We conducted a gl...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Global Ecology and Biogeography  - DOI: 10.1111/geb.12382  - Google Schoolar: search

Exploring the Leaf Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of an Ecuadorian Mountain Forest Using DNA Barcoding
© 2016 Thormann et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Background Tropical mountain forests are ...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: PLoS ONE  - DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148268  - Google Schoolar: search

Influencia de las características ambientales en la composición florística de un Bosque Siempreverde Piemontano
El presente trabajo fue desarrollado en un Bosque Siempreverde Piemontano localizado en la provincia de Zamora Chinchipe, al sureste del Ecuador. Las 49 parcelas monitoreados fueron instalados en 1 hectárea, con una altitud entre 889 y 946 msnm, con el fin de determinar el efecto de los factores fi...
year: 2016 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Bosque Latitud Cero  - Google Schoolar: search

Phylogenetic niche conservatism does not explain elevational patterns of species richness, phylodiversity and family age of tree assemblages in andean rainforest
Phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC) is the tendency of species within a clade to retain ancestral traits and to persist in their primary ecological niches on geological time scales. It links evolutionary and ecological processes and has been hypothesized to explain patterns of species richness and...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Erdkunde  - DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2016.01.06  - Google Schoolar: search

Assessing the importance of topographic variables for the spatial distribution of tree species in a tropical mountain forest
© 2016, Erdkunde. All rights reserved. Availability and improved access to high-resolution digital terrain models (DTM) enables new approaches for the analysis of spatially explicit biological data. In this study, the spatial distribution of 16 tree species in a tropical mountain rain forest in Sou...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Erdkunde  - DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2016.01.03  - Google Schoolar: search

Sustainability assessment of two systems of ecological farming in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador
The study of sustainability of agroecosystems has become a necessity due to the problems associated with the development of conventional agriculture. This article study the sustainability of two farms in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador, “La Granja” and “Llano Blanco”, which were evaluate...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Livestock Research for Rural Development  - DOI: doi  - Google Schoolar: search

Coccoloba tunii (Polygonaceae), a new species from Chiapas (Mexico)
Coccoloba tunii is here described as a new species from Mexico. Morphological characters of the leaf, inflorescence, and fruit show discontinuities among populations of C. tunii and its relative, C. liebmannii. In addition, both species exhibit different geographical patterns, C. tunii is exclusive ...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Phytotaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.275.1.9  - Google Schoolar: search

The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America
Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press.We record the first Nepticulidae species found to feed on Baccharis L. (Asteraceae). Despite the high species richness of Baccharis in the Western Hemisphere, no nepticulid has ever been recorded feeding on Baccharis. In this paper we de-scribe six new Stigmella Schr...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Zootaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4  - Google Schoolar: search

Floristic Composition and Structure of a Deciduous Dry Forest from Southern Ecuador: Diversity and Aboveground Carbon Accumulation
Semi deciduous dry forests in southern Ecuador are valued internationally for their conservation significance, and important locally as a source of timber for agroforestry. Data with which to evaluate the compatibility of these interests is currently lacking. In permanent sample plots (PSP) establis...
year: 2016 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review  - DOI: 10.20546/ijcrar.2016.403.017  - Google Schoolar: search

Litterfall production under pine plantations in the southern Andes region of Ecuador
Litterfall research is an interesting aspect in environmental studies due to its significance in nutrient cycling specially in regions like the Andes where the interactions between biomass production and its decomposition is poor understanding. This study is focusing in the litterfall biomass produc...
year: 2016 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: ANALES  - Google Schoolar: search

Agrochemical characterization of vermicomposts produced from residues of Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens) essential oil extraction
Fruits of Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens) are used for essential oil extraction. The extraction process is very efficient, because up to 3% of the fresh fruits can be transformed into essential oil; however, a considerable amount of waste is concurrently produced (>97% of the fresh biomass). Recent ...
year: 2016 - type: ISI - journal: Waste Management  - DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.09.002  - Google Schoolar: search

New national and regional bryophyte records, 48
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year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Journal of Bryology  - DOI: 10.1080/03736687.2016.1206685  - Google Schoolar: search

Sawflies (hymenoptera: Argidae, pergidae, tenthredinidae) from southern Ecuador, with a new record for the country and some ecological data
An illustrated list of species of sawflies collected during 2014 and 2015 in southern Ecuador is given. One genus and species, Pristiphora fernandezi Smith (Tenthredinidae), is new for the country. Ecological data are provided for Lagideus podocarpus Smith, sp. n. (Pergidae) that was observed feedin...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Journal of Hymenoptera Research  - DOI: 10.3897/jhr.51.9830  - Google Schoolar: search

STUDENT´S LEARNING STYLES IN SOIL SCIENCE: AN ECUADORIAN CASE STUDY
aspects of this science have been poorly treated and specifically the study of learning styles in students who receive instruction about this science, have not yet been dealing in the literature. This study aimed to identify the preferences of learning styles and their relationship to gender in...
year: 2016 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Ecuador es Calidad  - Google Schoolar: search

Biocrust structure responds to soil variables along a tropical scrubland elevation gradient
Biocrusts are composed of diverse organisms including bryophytes, lichens, archaea, bacteria, cyanobacteria, microfungi, and green algae. While biocrusts are distributed worldwide, most of our knowledge comes from temperate regions, and scarce information is available from tropical regions. We aimed...
year: 2016 - type: Scopus - journal: Journal of Arid Environments  - DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.06.015  - Google Schoolar: search

Medicinal plants of Ecuador: a review of plants with anticancer potential and their chemical composition
Ecuador is well known for its biodiversity and its ancient richness. This review provides an overview of Ecuadorian plant species in terms of the ethnobotany and chemistry of natural products in relation to anticancer activity. Plant species were classified into two groups: (a) Ethnomedical species ...
year: 2015 - type: ISI - journal: Medicinal Chemistry Research  - DOI: 10.1007/s00044-015-1335-7  - Google Schoolar: search

A new species of dragon’s blood Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from South America with singular inflorescences
Croton amentiformis, a new species of Euphorbiaceae from western South America, is described and illustrated. Morphological evidence and data from leaf anatomy indicate that the new species belongs to the dragon’s blood group (Croton section Cyclostigma). The dense and congested inflorescence is u...
year: 2015 - type: Scopus - journal: Webbia  - DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2015.1020129  - Google Schoolar: search

Structure of Dung Beetle Communities in an Altitudinal Gradient of Neotropical Dry Forest
To understand the effects of global warming in tropical insect communities, it is necessary to comprehend how such communities respond to different abiotic factors that covariate with altitude. In this study, we partially answer this question applied to dung beetle communities distributed along an a...
year: 2015 - type: ISI - journal: Neotropical Entomology  - DOI: 10.1007/s13744-014-0261-6  - Google Schoolar: search

Changes in the epiphytic lichen composition related with air quality in the city of loja (Ecuador) [Cambios en la composición de líquenes epífitos relacionados con la calidad del aire en la ciudad de loja (Ecuador)]
Although air pollution constitutes one of the main environmental problems in the city of Loja currently, there is not an strategy for monitoring air pollution emissions. Epiphytic lichens have been widely used as bioindicators of air pollution because they get most nutrients from the air, which make...
year: 2015 - type: Scopus - journal: Caldasia  - DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v37n2.53867  - Google Schoolar: search

El género Paspalum L. (Paspaleae, Poaceae) en la Península de Yucatán, México
En este estudio se llevó a cabo una sinopsis del género Paspalum L. en la Península de Yucatán, México. Se reconocen 23 especies en el área de estudio, se proporcionan claves de identificación, descripciones morfológicas, mapas de distribución, así como información acerca de su fenolog...
year: 2015 - type: ISI - journal: Acta Botanica Mexicana  - Google Schoolar: search

Non-coding chloroplast regions analysis within the Orchidaceae family in Southern Ecuador
Non-coding regions of the chloroplast genome offer interesting levels of nucleotide variation which are very useful for molecular genetics, population and phylogenetic analysis. The family Orchidaceae is represented by ca. 500 species in Southern Ecuador. In order to determine the genetic variabilit...
year: 2015 - type: DOAJ - journal: Bionatura  - Google Schoolar: search

The genus Paspalum L. (Paspaleae, Poaceae) of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
In this study, a synopsis of Paspalum L. was performed in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Twenty-three taxa are recognized in the study area, identification keys are provided, as well as morphological descriptions, distribution maps, habitat, phenology and distribution data. Two endemic species are r...
year: 2015 - type: Scopus - journal: Acta Botanica Mexicana  - DOI: doi  - Google Schoolar: search

Coccoloba floresii (Polygonaceae), a new species from Chiapas (Mexico)
Coccoloba floresii is here described as a new species from Mexico. Morphological characters of the leaf, inflorescence, and fruit show discontinuities among populations of C. floresii and its relatives, C. barbadensis and C. cozumelensis. In addition, C. floresii is exclusive of the tropical dry for...
year: 2015 - type: ISI - journal: Phytotaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.213.3.6  - Google Schoolar: search

Abundance patterns and components richness of biological soil crust in a dry shrubland in southern Ecuador
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) result from an intimate association between soil particles and cyanobacteria, algae, microfungi, lichens, and bryophytes. Important advances in the understanding of BSC and their key role in ecosystem processes in dry lands are widely known. However, little is known ...
year: 2015 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías  - Google Schoolar: search

VegPáramo, a flora and vegetation database for the Andean páramo
The páramo region in the northern Andes is very biodiverse, presents high endemism and provides many ecosystem services. Unfortunately, the páramo is critically threatened by anthropogenic activities and climate change. Further research and development of efficient conservation strategies are ther...
year: 2015 - type: Scopus - journal: Phytocoenologia  - DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2015/0045  - Google Schoolar: search

Plagas y enfermedades afectan café, cacao y plátano en Zamora Chinchipe.
La identificación y control de enfermedades, constituye para los agricultores del país un tema de gran interés al momento de la producción en sus fincas. El café (Coffea arabica), cacao (Theobroma cacao) y plátano (Musa sp.), son cultivos importantes en Ecuador, ya que se distribuyen en alguna...
year: 2014 - type: Latindex Directorio - journal: El Agro  - Google Schoolar: search

Multiple hybridization events, polyploidy and low postmating isolation entangle the evolution of neotropical species of Epidendrum (Orchidaceae)
Background: Hybridization and polyploidy are central processes in evolution and speciation. These mechanisms often lead to complex patterns of genetic variation and the creation of novel genotypes, which may establish if they become isolated from gene flow. However, in the absence of reproductive is...
year: 2014 - type: ISI - journal: BMC Evolutionary Biology  - DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-20  - Google Schoolar: search

Large trees and dense canopies: key factors for maintaining high epiphytic diversity on trunk bases (bryophytes and lichens) in tropical montane forests
The high richness of epiphytes in moist tropical montane forests is continuously decreasing due to deforestation and habitat loss. Lichens and bryophytes are important components of epiphyte diversity on trunk bases and play an important role in the water balance and nutrient cycling of tropical mon...
year: 2014 - type: Scopus - journal: Forestry  - DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpv022  - Google Schoolar: search

Flora Vascular de dos enclaves de la Península de Yucatán.
En este trabajo se presenta el listado florístico, incluyendo las formas de vida de las angiospermas presentes en las sabanas de San Miguel Allende (Campeche) y de Chacho Lugo (Yucatán). Se registraron 142 especies pertenecientes a 96 géneros y 36 familias, siendo las plantas herbáceas las que ...
year: 2014 - type: ISI - journal: Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad  - DOI: 10.7550/rmb.35642  - Google Schoolar: search

Effects of photoperiod, plant growth regulators and culture media on in vitro growth of seedlings of Cyrtochilum loxense (Lindl.) Kraenzl. An endemic and endangered orchid from Ecuador
Cyrtochilum loxense (Lindl.) Kraenzl, is an endemic and seriously endangered orchid species endemic in the Loja Province (Southern Ecuador). The main goals of this research were to analyze how culture media, plant growth regulators and photoperiod affect the growth of C. loxense. Eight month old pla...
year: 2014 - type: Scopus - journal: Revista Peruana de Biología  - DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v21i2.9826  - Google Schoolar: search

Functional traits determine plant co-occurrence more than environment or evolutionary relatedness in global drylands
Plant-plant interactions are driven by environmental conditions, evolutionary relationships (ER) and the functional traits of the plants involved. However, studies addressing the relative importance of these drivers are rare, but crucial to improve our predictions of the effects of plant-plant inter...
year: 2014 - type: Scopus - journal: Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics  - DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2014.05.001  - Google Schoolar: search

Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands
Aim: Geographical, climatic and soil factors are major drivers of plant beta diversity, but their importance for dryland plant communities is poorly known. The aim of this study was to: (1) characterize patterns of beta diversity in global drylands; (2) detect common environmental drivers of beta di...
year: 2014 - type: ISI - journal: Journal of Biogeography  - DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12377  - Google Schoolar: search

Two new taxa of leafy liverworts (Marchantiophyta: Jungermanniidae) from Cerro Plateado, Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador
Bazzania arcuata var. mamillosa var. nov. and Syzygiella ciliata sp. nov. are described from Cerro Plateado, the highest peak in the Cordillera del Cóndor, southern Ecuador. Bazzania arcuata var. mamillosa differs from the widespread neotropical B. arcuata by mamillose leaf cells and somewhat diffe...
year: 2014 - type: ISI - journal: Nova Hedwigia  - DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2014/0181  - Google Schoolar: search

A second locality for the critically endangered Colura irrorata (Lejeuneaceae) in the Ecuadorian Andes
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year: 2014 - type: ISI - journal: Journal of Bryology  - DOI: 10.1179/1743282013Y.0000000088  - Google Schoolar: search

New national and regional bryophyte records, 39
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year: 2014 - type: ISI - journal: Journal of Bryology  - DOI: 10.1179/1743282014Y.0000000100  - Google Schoolar: search

Results of ant collections on Santa Cruz Island within the framework of the 2012 Global Taxonomy Initiative Ant Course at Galapagos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
During a ten-days ant course carried out in November 2012 within the framework of a Belgian Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative GTI type 2 grant, eight students and four instructors collected 22 ant species at ten sites distributed along an altitudinal gradient on Santa Cruz Island in th...
year: 2014 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Internacional - journal: Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie  - Google Schoolar: search

First Discovery Of Leaf-Mining Nepticulidae And Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) Associated With The Chilean endemic Genus Podanthus lag. (Asteraceae) As A Host-Plant
In total, 121 genera and 863 species of Asteraceae are native to Chile (Moreira-Munoz & Munoz-Schick, 2007; Moreira-Munoz, 2011). Podanthus Lag. is an endemic genus of Asteraceae (Asteroideae, Heliantheae) occurring in central Mediterranean Chile. No leaf-mining Nepticulidae or Tischeriidae have ev...
year: 2014 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal:   - Google Schoolar: search

Building Urban Stream Transdisciplinarity For Andean Urban Stream Rehabilitatión. Preliminar Results From Zamora River, Loja, Ecuador
Rivers are a fundamental part of the ecological and social functions of urban systems (Findlay & Taylor, 2006; Francis, 2014). Despite this fact, waterways have suffered an intense degradation, constraining the ecosystem services they naturally provide to the public (Paul & Meyer, 2001). The Zamora...
year: 2014 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal:   - Google Schoolar: search

CISEC, the Insect Collection of Southern Ecuador
The Museum of Biological Collections of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL) and particularly its invertebrate collection (CISEC) are located in Loja city, southern Ecuador. This collection has become the headquarters for local and international researchers who are interested in the in...
year: 2014 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: SCARABS  - Google Schoolar: search

Preliminary phytochemical screening of some andean plants
© 2014, Global Research Online. All rights reserved. Phytochemical screening of 7Andean plants traditionally used in urinary infections were used to determine the secondary metabolic composition. Phytochemical investigation revealed the presence of tannins, saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids, leuco-an...
year: 2014 - type: Scopus - journal: International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research  - DOI: doi  - Google Schoolar: search

Forest site classification as basis for sustainable silviculture in southern Ecuador
In the tropical Andes of southern Ecuador afforestation and conversion of monocultures into mixed forests are management strategies bridging the gap between production and protection. For example pine monocultures, established on large scale in Ecuador since the beginning of the previous century, ar...
year: 2014 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: Sustainable management in the tropical Andes  - Google Schoolar: search

Relación suelo-vegetación bajo plantaciones de pino al sur del Ecuador
Entender las relaciones suelo-vegetación son aspectos claves para el manejo sostenible del recurso forestal en la región andina del sur Ecuador, una de las estrategias es la transformación de dichas plantaciones hacia bosques mixtos, siendo necesario, el conocer primero, el estado y los procesos ...
year: 2014 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal:   - Google Schoolar: search

Malagoniella Cupreicollis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae): Primeros Registros Para El Ecuador
It is the first record of Malagoniella (Megathopomima) cupreicollis (Waterhouse 1890) for Ecuador, related to dry scrub from Loja province. We registered this specie from two localities with pit fall traps baited with pig dung....
year: 2014 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Acta zoológica mexicana. Nueva serie  - Google Schoolar: search

Euphorbia weberbaueri (Euphorbiaceae), new record for Ecuador
This species, reported as endemic to northern Peru, is cited now for southern Ecuador; plant specimens were collected in two spots of dry scrub of the Loja Province (Catamayo and Saraguro counties) and places with similar climatic characteristics in the Azuay province. A brief description, a map of ...
year: 2013 - type: ISI - journal: Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica  - Google Schoolar: search

Short-term response of the Ca cycle of a montane forest in Ecuador to low experimental CaCl2 additions
The tropical montane forests of the E Andean cordillera in Ecuador receive episodic Sahara-dust inputs particularly increasing Ca deposition. We added CaCl2 to isolate the effect of Ca deposition by Sahara dust to tropical montane forest from the simultaneously occurring pH effect. We examined compo...
year: 2013 - type: ISI - journal: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science  - DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201300146  - Google Schoolar: search

Briolatina 62
Noricias de investigaciones de briofitas en Ecuador. Relaciones de trabajo con investigadores y especies nuevas para el sur de Ecuador....
year: 2013 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: BRIOLATINA  - Google Schoolar: search

Neomillspaughia hondurensis (Polygonaceae), a new species from Central America.
A new species Neomillspaughia hondurensis (Polygonaceae) from Honduras is described and illustrated. This species is morphologically and ecollogicaly different from the other two currently known Neomillspaughia species, being more related to N. emarginata than to N. paniculata. A comprehensive compa...
year: 2013 - type: ISI - journal: Phytotaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.144.2.3  - Google Schoolar: search

Centaurea stuessyi (Compositae: Cardueae), a new species from the eastern Iberian Peninsula. Phytotaxa 115(2): 42-48.
Centaurea stuessyi is described as new to science from the eastern Iberian Peninsula, Spain. The range of this new species coincides with the zone of overlap of the ranges of two related species, C. antennata (subsp. antennata) and C. linifolia. The chromosome number found in the new species (2n = 4...
year: 2013 - type: ISI - journal: Phytotaxa  - DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.115.2.2  - Google Schoolar: search

Erucastrum gallicum and Rorippa dubia, two new records in Brassicaceae for Ecuador [Erucastrum gallicum y rorippa dubia, dos nuevos registros de brassicaceae para ecuador]
Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O. E. Schulz and Rorippa dubia (Pers.) H. Hara. are reported for first time to Ecuador. A brief description and a photograph of the specimens collected are provided....
year: 2012 - type: ISI - journal: Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica  - Google Schoolar: search

Effects of tropical montane forest disturbance on epiphytic macrolichens
The high diversity of epiphytes typical of undisturbed montane tropical forests has been negatively affected by continuous deforestation and forest conversion to secondary vegetation. Macrolichens are an important component of these epiphytes. Because their physiology is strongly coupled to humidity...
year: 2012 - type: ISI - journal: Science of the Total Environment  - DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.072  - Google Schoolar: search

Additions to the bryophyte flora of Ecuador 2
Ecuador has a very diverse bryophyte flora with about 950 species of mosses and 700 of liverworts and hornworts. Nevertheless, the distribution of the species within the country remains incompletely explored and many species are only known from very few collections. This paper presents new additions...
year: 2012 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: Tropical Bryology  - Google Schoolar: search

Manual de laboratorio de Botánica. El herbario. Recolección, procesamiento e identificación de plantas vasculares
Los herbarios constituyen una valiosa fuente de información sobre los organismos que almacenan, siendo básicos e imprescindibles en estudios taxonómicos, florísticos, biogeográficos, fenológicos, de conservación, etc. En esta práctica se proporcionarán las nociones básicas para la recolecc...
year: 2012 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Internacional - journal: Reduca  - Google Schoolar: search

Café Orgánico del Sur de Ecuador
El café del sur de Ecuador, en base al esfuerzo de los productores, está posicionado en los mercados externos y altamente exigentes en calidad por ser uno de los más apreciados del mundo....
year: 2012 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: El Agro  - Google Schoolar: search

Briología en Ecuador
Boletín informativo de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Briología. Noticias de investigaciónes de briofitos realizados en Ecuador. Cursos de briología realizados en Ecuador....
year: 2012 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: BRIOLATINA  - Google Schoolar: search

Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands
Experiments suggest that biodiversity enhances the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple functions, such as carbon storage, productivity, and the buildup of nutrient pools (multifunctionality). However, the relationship between biodiversity and multifunctionality has never been assessed globall...
year: 2012 - type: ISI - journal: Science  - DOI: 10.1126/science.1215442  - Google Schoolar: search

Revisión taxonómica de Centaurea sect. Lepteranthus (Neck.) Dumort. (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica.
RESUMEN. Revisión taxonómica de Centaurea sect. Lepteranthus (Neck.) Dumort. (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica. Se ha efectuado la revisión taxonómica de Centaurea sect. Lepteranthus (Neck.) Dumort. en la Península Ibérica. Se reconocen 12 táxones y se hace una nueva combinación: C. g...
year: 2012 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Acta Botanica Malacitana  - Google Schoolar: search

Tropical Andean Forests Are Highly Susceptible to Nutrient Inputs-Rapid Effects of Experimental N and P Addition to an Ecuadorian Montane Forest
Tropical regions are facing increasing atmospheric inputs of nutrients, which will have unknown consequences for the structure and functioning of these systems. Here, we show that Neotropical montane rainforests respond rapidly to moderate additions of N (50 kg ha -1 yr -1) and P (10 kg ha -1 yr -1)...
year: 2012 - type: ISI - journal: PLoS ONE  - DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047128  - Google Schoolar: search

Additions to the flora of bryophytes of Ecuador [Adiciones a la flora de briófitas del Ecuador]
Based on a floristic study of bryophytes from southern Ecuador, we report eight species new to the country (Mastigolejeunea auriculata, Metzgeria cylindra, M. saccata, Plagiochila martiana, Porella leiboldii, Riccia crassifrons, Sematophyllum steyermarkii, Zoopsidella caledonica), nine new to southe...
year: 2011 - type: Scopus - journal: Cryptogamie, Bryologie  - DOI: 10.7872/cryb.v32.iss1.2011.065  - Google Schoolar: search

What Factors Affect Diversity and Species Composition of Endangered Tumbesian Dry Forests in Southern Ecuador?
This paper reports a study on species richness and composition of Tumbesian dry forest communities. We tested two alternative hypotheses about species assemblage processes in tropical dry forests: (1) species assemblage is determined by the filtering effect of environmental conditions and (2) specie...
year: 2011 - type: ISI - journal: Biotropica  - DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00665.x  - Google Schoolar: search

Taxonomic study in the Centaurea langei complex (Asteraceae)
The morphological variability of Centaurea langei Nyman (Centaurea sect. Centaurea), an endemic to the north-central and north-west Iberian Peninsula, was studied. Seven subspecies with reasonably well-deined areas are recognized, of which C. langei subsp. dominguezii E. López, Devesa & Arnelas i...
year: 2011 - type: ISI - journal: Annales Botanici Fennici  - DOI: 10.5735/085.048.0101  - Google Schoolar: search

Manual de laboratorio de Botánica. Gimnospermas.
Las gimnospermas son un grupo de plantas vasculares formadoras de semillas, pero en las que éstas nunca aparecen albergadas en el interior de frutos. Aunque hoy día constituyen un grupo residual, con menos de un millar de especies, algunas tienen gran importancia económica y muchas otras son l...
year: 2011 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Internacional - journal: Reduca  - Google Schoolar: search

Additions to the Briophyte Flora of Ecuador
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year: 2011 - type: ISI - journal: Cryptogamie, Algologie  - Google Schoolar: search

Revisión taxonómica de Centaurea sect. Jacea (Mill.) Pers en la Península Ibérica.
Se ha efectuado la revisión taxonómica de Centaurea sect. Jacea (Mill.) Pers. en la Península Ibérica. Se reconocen 12 táxones y se hace una nueva combinación: C. nigra subsp. endressii (Dostál) Arnelas & Devesa. Se aporta una clave para la dentificación de los táxones e híbridos, así co...
year: 2011 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Acta Botanica Malacitana  - Google Schoolar: search

UTPL impulsa agricultura responsable en café.
En la actualidad, uno de los productos con mayores expectativas para el mercado nacional e internacional y de mayor beneficio comunitario, es el café (Coffea arabica y C. canephora, syn. C. robusta) debido a que su producción tiene gran importancia económica, social y ambiental; razones por las q...
year: 2010 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal:   - Google Schoolar: search

PHLOEOSTIBA LAPPONICA (ZETTERSTEDT, 1838) ESPECIE BOREAL, NUEVA PARA LA FAUNA DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA (COLEOPTERA, STAPHYLINIDAE, OMALIINAE)
Se cita Phloeostiba lapponica (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) por primera vez de España, sobre material de la Comunidad de Madrid, ampliándose así su distribución conocida hacia el sur de Europa desde zonas más septentrionales. Se señalan las diferencias con la única especie d...
year: 2010 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa  - Google Schoolar: search

Contribución al conocimiento cariológico del género Centaurea L. (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica.
Se da a conocer el número cromosómico de 21 táxones del género Centaurea L. pertenecientes al grupo Jacea-Lepteranthus. En particular, se han estudiado 10 táxones de la sect. Jacea (Miller) DC., de los que C. jacea subsp vinyalsii (Sennen) O. Bolòs lo ha sido al parecer por vez primera. De l...
year: 2010 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Lagascalia  - Google Schoolar: search

Carduus acicularis Bertol. (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica.
Se cita por primera vez Carduus aciculares Bertol. para la Península Ibérica en base a caracteres morfológicos y cariológicos....
year: 2009 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Acta Botanica Malacitana  - Google Schoolar: search

Primera cita de Synchita separanda (Reitter, 1882) de la Península Ibérica (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
Se cita por primera vez Synchita separanda (Reitter, 1882) (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) de la Península Ibérica tras la captura de un ejemplar de esta especie bajo la corteza de un tronco de haya en la Selva de Oza, Valle de Hecho (Huesca)....
year: 2009 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa  - Google Schoolar: search

Fertilidad del suelo de bosques tropicales y pastizales de uso ganadero en el sur del Ecuador.
Las propiedades físicas químicas y biológicas de los suelos forestales pueden verse alteradas tras un brusco cambio de uso. Los bosques tropicales del sur de Ecuador están sufriendo una rápida transformación a pastizales, por lo que es importante conocer el efecto de estos impactos en las cara...
year: 2008 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Cuadernos de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales  - Google Schoolar: search

Nueva cita de Danosoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1758) en el Pirineo oscense (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Se aporta una nueva cita de Danosoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1758) en el Pirineo Oscense tras la captura de un ejemplar en el Valle de Hecho....
year: 2008 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa  - Google Schoolar: search

Cambio en las propiedades del suelo por transformación de áreas boscosas en pastizales en Zamora - Chinchipe (Ecuador)
Las propiedades físico–químicas y biológicas del suelo pueden verse afectadas por el uso que se hace del mismo, siendo muy importante conocer como funciona un sistema tras haber sido alterado y, en este caso, después de llevar varios años como pastizal de uso ganadero. Para ello se ha efectua...
year: 2008 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Cuadernos de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales  - Google Schoolar: search

Spatial Structure Of Pleurothallis, Masdevallia, Lepanthes And Epidendrum Epiphytic Orchis In A Fragment Of Montane Cloud Forest In South Of Ecuador
Ecuador is among those countries with the highest orchid biodiversity in the world, it also has oneof the highest rates of deforestation. This study shows the existence of different patterns of presence and abundance depending on each orchid genus. Anyhow, colonization of...
year: 2007 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Lankesteriana  - Google Schoolar: search

Crucianella latifolia L. (Rubiaceae), novedad para la Flora de Andalucía Occidental.
Se cita Crucianella latifolia L. para Andalucía Occidental. La presencia del taxón, hasta ahora totalmente desconocido en Andalucía Occidental, constituye una importante novedad corológica, y probablemente establece el límite más suroccidental de su área de distribución en la Península Ib...
year: 2007 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Lagascalia  - Google Schoolar: search

Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. (Poaceae), nueva localidad para la Flora Ibérica.
Se cita una nueva localidad de Pennisetum setaceum para la Flora Ibérica....
year: 2006 - type: Latindex Catálogo - journal: Acta Botanica Malacitana   - Google Schoolar: search

of climbing peanuts and dog`s testicles meztizo and shuar plant nomenclature in Ecuador
A total of 411 vernacular names were recorded for 354 edible non-crop plant species that are used by nonindigenous mestizo people and indigenous Shuar people in southern Ecuador. Mestizo plant names, predominantly Spanish, are often formed through transposition, borrowing from native languages, or n...
year: 2004 - type: Artículos Publicados de Divulgación Local - journal: Journal ethnobiology  - Google Schoolar: search

Wild foods from Southern Ecuador
This study documents 354 species of wild edible plants consumed in southern Ecuador, an area with a very high species diversity. Southern Ecuador is inhabited by Mestizo farmers and by small communities of indigenous Shuar and Saraguros. The majority (85%) of the 354 species have edible fruits. Vari...
year: 2003 - type: Scopus - journal: ECONOMIC BOTANY  - DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0576:WFFSE]2.0.CO;2  - Google Schoolar: search