The Ecuadorian paramo in danger: What we know and what might be learned from northern wetlands
The Paramo is a heterogeneous array of High Andean Mountain ecosystems above the tree line at elevations between 2800 and 5000 m. It unites characteristics of mountain ecosystems with those of wetlands, both of which are highly important in the context of global warming. It is considered the region...
Main Authors: | Stefan Alexander Brück, Byron Daniel Medina Torres, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-11-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423002743 |
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