A5028269435- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and soil sciences
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Regional Development and Innovation
- Caribbean history, culture, and politics
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Rhetoric and Communication Studies
- E-Learning and Knowledge Management
- Youth Culture and Social Dynamics
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
City of Knowledge
2022-2024
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
2018
Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí
2014-2016
Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM
2015-2016
Smithsonian Institution
2009
ForestGEO
2009
University of Göttingen
2009
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale
2008
Secretaría de Investigación, Innovación y Educación Superior
2008
Climate change may increase the intensity of hurricanes (Emanuel 1987, 2003), and thus size disturbance in tropical forests. As a consequence, disturbance-specialist plants, such as lianas, abundance there (Phillips & Gentry 1994). Putz (1984) hypothesized that lianas create larger treefall gaps by connecting trees together pulling down multiple during storms. This positive-feedback cycle prevalence disturbed forests (Schnitzer Bongers 2002, Schnitzer Carson 2001). Alternatively,...
This paper seeks to contribute the discussion on how enhance food tourism in emerging, tropical countries characterized by a large number of indigenous groups and high biodiversity. A sacred plant for Kichwa communities labelled Ilex guayusa Loes. (Aquifoliceae) is used as case study. Twelve recorded interviews with different stakeholders Amazon region Napo Ecuador were analysed. The results this qualitative research show that Western-based theory niche based experiential intimacy compatible...
Arboriculture provides opportunities for assessing long-term tree-environment interactions. We assessed the surrounding context, scars, re-sprouts, and absolute width-growth of twenty-four Salix fragilis trees pollarded by grandfather, father, son one family covering 120 years, quantifying effects cut, microorganism-infection, body-accumulated photosynthate on pollards' resprout-and-growth. determined pollard diameter, age, scars-number (C) basal area (CAB), median times pruned (Cmn), putrid...
All cultural manifestations in the world, including food and music, derived from practices developed by first Homo sapiens who inhabited Earth. But, with so many manifestations, which ones need protection? Should same theory be adopted as one seems to used Geographic Indication systems other forms of How does diversification occur? do increase, spread, or decline how can such a avoided? detect whether product is an example heritage protected not mere fashion creation single individuals? Here...
Los bosques amazónicos mitigan el cambio climático, sufren deforestación y regeneran su estructura funciones por sucesión secundaria. Por ello es necesario estudiar cómo distintos usos del suelo alteran dicha recuperación, qué se los deforesta o deja regenerar. Para investigarlo, inventariaron árboles (dap ( 10 cm), reconstruyendo las historias de uso cuatro parcelas una hectárea mediante métodos etnográfico-históricos. Las A (12-15 años), B (22-25 años) C (35-37 fueron potreros...
Gracias a internet los científicos ya no necesitan invertir demasiado tiempo andando de una biblioteca otra para consultar artículos: ahora estos se encuentran unos cuantos «clicks» del escritorio cada investigador. Sin embargo, la accesibilidad, difusión e impacto artículos depende «fama» y capacidad propagandística las editoras indexadoras que cuelgan en motores búsqueda autores mejor les pagan, eclipsando otros trabajos. Ello subestima lector juzgar por sí mismo cuándo un trabajo es...
Ecology needs a unified view of the patterns and processes secondary succession; we addressed that on Coiba Island, Panama. We measured tree diameters determined land-use histories structural properties for nine stands. detected history-legacy gradients ranging from no-use to still-in-use sites (Linear Regressions, R2≥0.87 Above-Ground Biomass Basal Area, n=7 stands). Three successional pathways derived meadow, another shifting agriculture, >400y-old forest, four were related river camp....
La pandemia del Covid 19 ha ampliado la apertura mental hacia metodologías educativas aplicables fuera aula. El objetivo de este ensayo es atraer a comunidad educativa opción educación al aire libre en parques, bosques, cultivos, granjas, playas, caletas, plazas, calles y ciudades por ser eficiente, divertida barata. Temas tan complejos como evolución selección natural las filogenias evolutivas se explican con eficacia amenidad observando crítica participativamente plantas o animales...
La canción bailable es poco apreciada por el conservacionismo caribeño a pesar de su eficacia comunicativa. Se estudiaron 1200 canciones afro-caribeñas anotando la frecuencia y contexto en que mencionan elementos florísticos, faunísticos, del paisaje, climatológicos. 43% las menciones fueron sobre alimentos pertenecientes 10 especies animales 48 vegetales. Las más mencionadas sus números fueron: vaca (Bos primigenius, 19), pescados (12), arroz (Oryza sativa, 11), puerco (Sus scrofa, café...
Economic problems generate large secondary tropical forests due to crop abandonment; lianas (woody vines climbing upon trees) proliferate there. Lianas generally retard the growth and carbon capture of trees, potentially enhancing global change. It is not known whether all liana species play such a role which land-use disturbances determined cur rent composition communities. We surveyed >lcm diameter at ground level trees > 3.16 cm 1.3 m above in twelve plots 20 x 20-m each semi-evergreen...
Los inventarios de biodiversidad en sitios contrastantes obtienen datos con distribuciones normales y lognormales, útiles para cuantificar cómo el cambio climático afecta a los bosques del mundo. Sin embargo, casi todos biólogos están familiarizados la normal, pero menos discuten por qué distribución lognormal frecuencias relativas especies ocurre tantas comunidades bióticas. Pretendemos incorporar más estudiosos dicha discusión. Tanto normal como tienen medias valores extremos. Ello es...
A great deal of the popularity Afro-Caribbean music is because millions people dancing it associate that to joys aroma, flavor, and body contact. This exploration texts about 1115 songs shows that: (1) there are putting food drinks as main topic for both celebration every-day life histories. (2) Other talk snacks soft while others (3) metaphorically mention talking sex. (4) Some non-food subjects collaterally part wider story. (5) Many singers sing completely unrelated food, still using...
El calentamiento global y el sol directo cerca del ecuador aumentan la temperatura en las ciudades, mientras que los bosques son encargados de regular dicha temperatura. Evaluamos estructura biomasa aérea dos remanentes una urbanización construcción Daule, Ecuador (Daule 1-2). Se tomaron n=5 transectos (25 m x 4 m) cubriendo 0.05 ha/sitio, medimos todos árboles ≥2,5 cm dap (1.3 sobre nivel suelo) comparamos con otros estudiados por Alwyn Gentry. Daule-1 Daule-2 tenían 39 35 individuos,...
Warnings regarding pollution, soil-fertility losses, mass extinction, Climate Change, and their effects on humans are widely known since at least 1970, still land-abuse pervasively remains. We aimed to contribute understand why in order explore how reduce land-abuse. critically compared the history, habitats, land-uses of Americas with both Alpine Lowland Europe focusing causes consequences chronologically analyzed development recent European efforts for re-appraising ancestral, more...
Abstract By logging in the past, humans can determine current tree population structures, but fast stump decomposition makes difficult to falsify that for Amazonian Rainforests. We reconstructed land-use histories and surveyed trees ≥ 10 cm diameter at breast height on three 1-ha plots (K1, K2, K6) Kühbergl, South Tyrolean Alps as we did four Atacapi, Ecuador (plots A, B, C, D). Storm Vaia (October 27 –November 1, 2018) stroke Kübergl providing dated evidence of mass tree-mortality plot K6....
The simplest one-phrase response to the definition of benchmarking would include reference learning from others or something new and bringing ideas into business.To know weakness strong way once business company organization bench marking tools winning moves probe are preferable method.The large medium scales dairy industries found around Addis Ababa were purposely selected benchmark evaluate their performance in financial best practices by index system act 1998(DPA) software online...
En Biogeografía, ‘isla’ es todo habitat propicio para cualquier especie rodeado de un entorno que no lo . Desde este enfoque, las bocas personas, los charcos, lagos, fragmentos bosque, plantíos, ciudades y hasta planetas se consideran islas. De acuerdo con MacArthur Wilson, islas más grandes, viejas cercanas a sitios biodiversos albergan especies pequeñas, apartadas jóvenes. Algunas líneas investigación emanadas ello puede n estudiar procesos colonización ganaderías por plagas, la...
Some 30% of Tropical Rainforests‟ plant species use roots for anchoring on trees, yet such root-bark interactions remain poorly studied. Hypothetically, bark-surface micro-sites differently offer resources to Monstera dubia altering roots‟ dry weight, length and number. I studied N=12 juvenile individuals growing upon Anacardium excelsum while classifying excelsum‟s bark into plates, fissures, juxtapositions, sub-plates, sub-juxtapositions. Since grows as a series segments from the ground...