COMMON USES OF EDIBLE PLANTS IN THE COQUIMBO REGION, CHILE by Eduardo Antonio Jaime Muñoz

“…The present case study is related to the importance of edible plants present in the mostazal valley, Monte Patria commune, Limarí province, Coquimbo region. The objective of the work is to identify and recognize edible plants in the mostazal valley. …”
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Insects associated to ephemeral pools in Huentelauquén (29ºS Coquimbo Region, Chile) by J. Pizarro-Araya, F.M. Alfaro, P. De Los Ríos-Escalante

“…Based on the limited knowledge about the fauna—particularly insects—associated to these ecosystems, the objective of this study was to characterize the richness, composition, structure and similarity of the insect communities associated with ephemeral pools in Huentelauquén (29º S, Coquimbo Region, Chile). By using pitfall traps, 10,762 individuals were captured, represented by 7 orders, 27 families, and 51 species. …”
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Arthropods of the Limarí River basin (Coquimbo Region, Chile): taxonomic composition in agricultural ecosystems by Jaime Pizarro-Araya, Fermín M. Alfaro, Rodrigo A. Muñoz-Rivera, Juan E. Barriga-Tuñon, Luis Letelier

“… The Limarí valley, located in the Coquimbo Region of Chile, is an important agricultural area that is immersed in the transverse valleys of the Norte Chico. …”
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Genetic diversity and structure of the vulnerable species Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stuntz in the Coquimbo Region, Chile by Ximena Moncada, Daniel Plaza, Alexandra Stoll, Claudia Payacan, Daniela Seelenfreund, Enrique Martínez, Angéline Bertin, Francisco A. Squeo

“…We studied the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of P. chilensis across the three transverse valleys of the Coquimbo Region (29°-32°S) by analysing the genetic diversity of 182 individuals with four nuclear and one chloroplast microsatellite markers. …”
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Climatic and Biological Factors Related with Goat Grazing Management in the Arid Grassland of the Coquimbo Region (Northern Chile) by Daniel Patón

“…This study was developed in Las Cardas Range Station (CEALC) of the University of Chile in the Coquimbo region. The effect of annual and seasonal rainfall on biomass, diversity, richness and dominance parameters was determined; (3) Results: Allochthonous, endemic and native species showed significant changes both for seasonal and annual precipitation. …”
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Biomonitoring of blood cholinesterases and acylpeptide hydrolase activities in rural inhabitants exposed to pesticides in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. by Muriel Ramírez-Santana, Cristián Farías-Gómez, Liliana Zúñiga-Venegas, Rodrigo Sandoval, Nel Roeleveld, Koos Van der Velden, Paul T J Scheepers, Floria Pancetti

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Toward a Spectrophotometric Characterization of the Chilean Night Sky. A First Quantitative Assessment of ALAN across the Coquimbo Region by Rodolfo Angeloni, Juan Pablo Uchima-Tamayo, Marcelo Jaque Arancibia, Roque Ruiz-Carmona, Diego Fernández Olivares, Pedro Sanhueza, Guillermo Damke, Ricardo Moyano, Verónica Firpo, Javier Fuentes, Javier Sayago

“…Our observations reveal that the light pollution level recorded in a small town of the Coquimbo Region is comparable with that of Flagstaff, Arizona, a ten times larger Dark Sky city, and that a mid-size urban area that is a gateway to the Atacama Desert displays photometric indicators of night sky quality that are typical of the most densely populated regions of Europe. …”
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Water Balance Assessment in Schools and Households of Rural Areas of Coquimbo Region, North-Central Chile: Potential for Greywater Reuse by Carolina Rodríguez, Rafael Sánchez, Javier Lozano-Parra, Natalia Rebolledo, Nicolás Schneider, Jennyfer Serrano, Eduardo Leiva

“…Particularly, the Coquimbo Region has been one of the most affected by drought due to the great agricultural activity in the area. …”
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New records of Leopardus guigna in its northern-most distribution in Chile: implications for conservation by Constanza Napolitano, Cristian Larraguibel-González, Amancay A. Cepeda-Mercado, Pablo Vial, Jim Sanderson

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Situación socioeconómica de las áreas de manejo en la región de Coquimbo, Chile The socioeconomic situation in managed areas of the Coquimbo region, Chile by Sergio Zúñiga, Pamela Ramírez, Marcelo Valdebenito

“…<br>The present study defines and develops a set of indicators able to measure the socioeconomic situation of artisanal fishing communities operating under a regime of Management and Exploitation Areas for Benthic Resources (AMERB, in Spanish) in the Coquimbo region (Chile). The results of the study indicate that the socioeconomic performance of the AMERBs, as measured with a global synthetic indicator, is average. …”
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Assessing Groundwater Potential in a Mid-Mountain Dryland Area of North-Central Chile through Geospatial Mapping by José Miguel Deformes, Jorge Núñez, Jerry P. Fairley, José Luis Arumí, Ricardo Oyarzún

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Summer Diet of Horses (<i>Equus ferus caballus</i> Linn.), Guanacos (<i>Lama guanicoe</i> Müller), and European Brown Hares (<i>Lepus europaeus</i> Pallas) in the High Andean Range of the Coquimbo Region, Chile by Giorgio Castellaro, Carla Loreto Orellana, Juan Pablo Escanilla

“…During two summer seasons, in a mountain range of a sector of the Coquimbo Region, Chile, the botanical composition, diversity, and similarity of the diets of horses, European brown hares, and guanacos were studied, as was the selectivity of the main grassland plant species, using feces microhistology. …”
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Molecular identification and characterization of Botrytis cinerea associated to the endemic flora of semi-desert climate in Chile by Ana-Maria Notte, Verónica Plaza, Bárbara Marambio-Alvarado, Lila Olivares-Urbina, Matías Poblete-Morales, Evelyn Silva-Moreno, Luis Castillo

“…However, its presence in the endemic flora in the Coquimbo Region and its impact on local flora have not been studied yet. …”
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Analytical Hierarchical Process to Establish the Criteria for Choosing Explosives Suppliers in Small and Medium Mining Companies by Edison Ramírez Olivares, Mauricio Castillo-Vergara

“…A case study in the Coquimbo Region, Chile, involving SMEs in the mining sector is the empirical foundation for this research. …”
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Senecio guatulamensis, nueva especie de Asteraceae endémica de Chile by Mélica Muñoz-Schick, Andrés Moreira-Muñoz, Alain De Trenqualye

“… A new species of Senecio is described, on the basis of recent prospections in the Andes of Limarí valley, Coquimbo Region. The new species pertains to the Senecio section, series Andina. …”
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Prevalence rate and risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis: A cross-sectional, community-based, abdominal ultrasound study in rural and urban north-central Chile. by Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Felipe A Hernández, Natalia Castro, Francesca Tamarozzi, Leonardo Uchiumi, Juan Carlos Salvitti, Michelle Cueva, Adriano Casulli

“…CE is endemic across Latin America, including Chile, where the Coquimbo region exhibits a relatively high record of hospital-based human cases and infected animals. …”
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A new record of Steatoda porteri (Simon, 1900) (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Chile by Fernando Téllez, Eduardo I. Faúndez

“…Steatoda porteri (Simon, 1900) was described from Atacama Region, Chile; later recorded for Coquimbo Region. The first record after more than 50 years, from the Araucanía Region, is reported in this work. …”
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La crisis de la minería del Norte Chico, Chile en la primera mitad del siglo XX y la decadencia de la Región de Coquimbo by Luis Ortega Martínez

“…The territory known nowadays as the Coquimbo Region underwent a complex and protracted process of productive stagnation and social decline, lasting from the late 1870s to the third quarter of the XXth Century. …”
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VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND EARLY PRODUCTION OF SIX OLIVE CULTIVARS, IN SOUTHERN ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE by Freddy MORA, Francisco TAPIA, Carlos Alberto, Elias Nunes

“…Tree survival, early fruit production, vegetative growth and alternate bearing were examined in six different olive cultivars (Barnea, Biancolilla, Coratina, Empeltre, Koroneiki and Leccino) under intensive agronomic conditions i southern Atacama Desert, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. The cultivars were evaluated over four successive years and had a high survival rate (93%) confi rming their potential for these dry-lands. …”
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D'un paysage ostentatoire aux inégalités invisibles : une illustration en milieu de montagne aride au Chili by Yveline Poncet, Tchansia S. Koné, Héctor F. Reyes, Yann Reinette

“…In the fourth region of Chile (Coquimbo Region), mountain and aridity, techniques, sharing land history and the liberal economic model constitute an entity in which sustainable development implementation and perspectives raise many contradictions. …”
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