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Wildfires in the Andes cause severe soil degradation that hinders ecosystem recovery, study showsan ecologically significant area in the Peruvian Andes. Unlike Mediterranean ecosystems, where vegetation has evolved strategies to withstand fire, the volcanic soils of Arequipa—one of the drie ...
Animal dung in the Andes Mountains in Peru is helping to transform soil recently uncovered by melting glaciers, according to ...
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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau occupies an enormous area of Asia and is known as the Roof of the World, owing to an average ...
The study found that the combination of vegetation combustion and subsequent erosion has led to a severe decline in SOC, which plays a key role in maintaining soil fertility. The Andean Volcanic Belt ...
As night fell across a mountain ravine in Ecuador, a “cryptic” creature with “blue” bones emerged from its hiding spot and ...
The vicuña, a wild relative of the llama, could help reestablish plants in barren areas where glaciers have melted, according to a recent study in the high Andes of Peru. As vicuñas tend to poop ...
My main research interests are in forest ecology and vegetation dynamics in relation to natural and ... Since the mid-1970s in the southern Andes of Chile and Argentina I have been investigating the ...
Rodríguez lives in the Andes mountains of Cundinamarca, outside of the Colombian capital of Bogotá. More than 7,500 feet above sea level, the thick vegetation emerges out of the mist. Cloud forests ...
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