Intraspecific variation in body size and shape in an Andean highland anole species, Anolis ventrimaculatus (Squamata: Dactyloidae) by Martha L. Calderón-Espinosa, Angela M. Ortega-León, Joan G. Zamora-Abrego

“…We characterized inter population variation of body size and shape in the highland Andean Anolis ventrimaculatus, an endemic species from Western Colombia. …”
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High-altitude adaptation is accompanied by strong signatures of purifying selection in the mitochondrial genomes of three Andean waterfowl. by Allie M Graham, Philip Lavretsky, Robert E Wilson, Kevin G McCracken

“…Here, we examine whether demography and/or selection explains standing mitogenome nucleotide diversity in high-altitude adapted populations of three Andean waterfowl species: yellow-billed pintail (Anas georgica), speckled teal (Anas flavirostris), and cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera). …”
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Richer than Gold: the fungal biodiversity of Reserva Los Cedros, a threatened Andean cloud forest by R. Vandegrift, D. S. Newman, B. T. M. Dentinger, R. Batallas-Molina, N. Dueñas, J. Flores, P. Goyes, T. S. Jenkinson, J. McAlpine, D. Navas, T. Policha, D. C. Thomas, B. A. Roy

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Xiphocentronidae (Trichoptera: Psychomyioidea) from the Andean foothills: first species of Machairocentron and Xiphocentron described in the Peruvian Amazon by Albane Vilarino, Frederico F. Salles, Pitágoras C. Bispo

“…However, only 11 species were previously known from the Andean foothills. In this study, five new species are described from Peru, four of Xiphocentron (X. ashaninka sp. nov., X. harakbut sp. nov., X. matsigenka sp. nov., X. yine sp. nov.) and one of Machairocentron (M. amahuaca sp. nov.). …”
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Successional forests stages influence the composition and diversity of vascular epiphytes communities from Andean Montane Forests by Jadán Oswaldo, Cedillo Hugo, Tapay Wilmer, Pangol Ismael, Quizphe Wilson, Cabrera Omar

“…We studied the ecology of vascular epiphytes in Andean Mountain Forests of different successional stages, in a scenario that allowed us to determine some relationships between the composition of the epiphyte community and the tree communities, along with environmental and historic land use gradients. …”
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HYDROCARBON GENERATION MODELS ALONG THE BASAL DETACHMENT OF THE ANDEAN SUBDUCTION ZONE IN NORTHERN ECUADOR TO SOUTHERN COLOMBIA by Eduardo López-Ramos

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Description of Silvinichthys pedernalensis n. sp. (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from the Andean Cordillera of southern South America by L. Fernández, E. A. Sanabria, L. B. Quiroga

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Diversity of Andean amphibians of the Tamá National Natural Park in Colombia: a survey for the presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis by Acevedo, A. A., Franco, R., Carrero, D. A.

“…This study aimed to develop an inventory of the biodiversity of amphibians in the Andean areas of the Tamá National Natural Park (Tamá NNP) and to evaluate the patterns of infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in preserved and degraded areas. …”
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On the Mismatches between the Monetary and Social Values of Air Purification in the Colombian Andean Region: A Case Study by Andres Suarez, Cesar Ruiz-Agudelo, Edisson Castro-Escobar, Gloria Y. Flórez-Yepes, Luis A. Vargas-Marín

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Mapping Three Decades of Changes in the Tropical Andean Glaciers Using Landsat Data Processed in the Earth Engine by Efrain Yury Turpo Cayo, Maria Olga Borja, Raul Espinoza-Villar, Nicole Moreno, Rodney Camargo, Claudia Almeida, Kathrin Hopfgartner, Christian Yarleque, Carlos M. Souza

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Effects of the environmental conditions and seasonality on a population survey of the Andean condor Vultur gryphus in the tropical Andes by Sandra Márquez-Alvis, Luis Martin Vallejos, Santiago Paredes-Guerrero, Luis Pollack-Velasquez, Gabriel Silva Santos

“…Background Among the New World vultures, the Andean condor is considered one of the most culturally and ecologically important species. …”
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Marine introgressions and Andean uplift have driven diversification in neotropical Monkey tree frogs (Anura, Phyllomedusinae) by Diego Almeida-Silva, Leonardo Matheus Servino, Matheus Pontes-Nogueira, Ricardo J. Sawaya

“…We also hypothesized that marine introgressions and Andean uplift had a crucial role in promoting their diversification. …”
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Bacterial diversity analysis of freshwater sources for human use in rural areas of the tropical Andean region of Colombia by Katherine Bedoya

“…Objective: In this study, we investigate the bacterial diversity and the potentially pathogenic bacteria in water samples from diffe-rent points of distribution in three rural villages from the Andean region of Colombia. Methods: Illumina libraries for water samples were prepared and sequenced using 300 bp paired-end MiSeq protocol, the bioinformatic analyses were performed with Mothur pipeline and the phyloseq package in Rstudio. …”

How do ectotherms perform in cold environments? Physiological and life-history traits in an Andean viviparous lizard by Sabrina Clavijo-Baquet, Sabrina Clavijo-Baquet, María J. Orellana, Pablo Sabat, Pablo Sabat, Francisco Bozinovic

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Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic in Raw Cow’s Milk in a Central Andean Area and Risks for the Peruvian Populations by Jorge Castro-Bedriñana, Doris Chirinos-Peinado, Elva Ríos-Ríos, Gianfranco Castro-Chirinos, Perfecto Chagua-Rodríguez, Gina De La Cruz-Calderón

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Osteophagia by Nasutitermes guayanae (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) on human bone remains in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia by Yardany RAMOS-PASTRANA, Eric CÓRDOBA-SUAREZ, Marta WOLFF

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Denise Y. Arnold, Situating the Andean Colonial Experience. Ayllu Tales of History and Hagiography in the Time of the Spanish by Pablo F. Sendón

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Spatial distribution and characteristics of Andean ice masses in Argentina: results from the first National Glacier Inventory by Laura Zalazar, Lidia Ferri, Mariano Castro, Hernán Gargantini, Melisa Gimenez, Pierre Pitte, Lucas Ruiz, Mariano Masiokas, Gustavo Costa, Ricardo Villalba

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Effect of the matrix-edge-forest interior gradient on thephyllostomid bats assemblage in sub-Andean forest fragments by Aída Otálora-Ardila, Hugo F. López-Arévalo

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High-altitude adaptation is accompanied by strong signatures of purifying selection in the mitochondrial genomes of three Andean waterfowl by Allie M. Graham, Philip Lavretsky, Robert E. Wilson, Kevin G. McCracken

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