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Paramos: A Checklist of Plant Diversity, Geographical Distribuion, and Botanical Literature
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This book presents the alphabetical list of circa 4700 vascular and nonvascular plant species to be found in the paramos and associated data including author, collector and collection site and presents a comprehensive literature review of the state of the knowledge about this important part of the northern Andes.Abstract:
It not only presents the alphabetical list of circa 4700 vascular (3399) and nonvascular (1298) plant species to be found in the paramos and associated data including author, collector and collection site, but it also presents a comprehensive literature review of the state of the knowledge about this important part of the northern Andes, a comprehensive gazetteer of paramo localities in Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru, and a rich bibliographic reference of more than 1570 published works of paramo literature, albeit botanical in nature, but pertaining to 19 different topic areasread more
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Unexpected biodiversity loss under global warming in the neotropical Guayana Highlands: a preliminary appraisal
TL;DR: The Guayana Highlands (GH) holds amazing biodiversity and endemism levels, and unique vegetation types, and their biota is seriously threatened of habitat loss by upward displacement, because of the projected warming for the end of this century as discussed by the authors.
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Human impact on the hydrology of the Andean páramos
Wouter Buytaert,Wouter Buytaert,Rolando Célleri,Rolando Célleri,Bert De Bièvre,Felipe Cisneros,Guido Wyseure,Jozef Deckers,R.G.M. Hofstede +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the problems involved in the conservation and management of the hydrological system of the South American paramo are analyzed, and the impact of human activities and climate change on the hydrology of the paramo is discussed.
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Spatial and temporal rainfall variability in mountainous areas: A case study from the south Ecuadorian Andes
Wouter Buytaert,Wouter Buytaert,Rolando Célleri,Patrick Willems,Bert De Bièvre,Guido Wyseure +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined rainfall data from 14 rain gauges in the western mountain range of the Ecuadorian Andes and found significant correlations between average daily rainfall and geographical location, as well as the topographical parameters slope, aspect, topography.
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Potential impacts of climate change on the environmental services of humid tropical alpine regions
TL;DR: In this paper, the state of knowledge about tropical alpine environments, and an integrated assessment of the potential threats of global climate change on the major ecosystem processes is provided. But, despite their vulnerability, and the importance for regional biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development, they are among the least studied and described ecosystems in the world.
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Páramo is the world’s fastest evolving and coolest biodiversity hotspot
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that average net diversification rates of Páramo plant lineages are faster than those of other reportedly fast evolving hotspots and that the faster evolving lineage are more likely to be found in P €ramos than the other hotspots.