Evaluating the social performance of Ecuadorian textile MSMEs using Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment by Erik Sigcha, Dolores Sucozhañay, Lorena Siguenza-Guzman, Paul Vanegas

“…This work describes the application of Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (SO-LCA) in three case studies of the Ecuadorian textile MSME sector to analyze their impacts regarding the social dimension. …”
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Análisis of major cations in bottom sediments from oil impacted Rivers, in the Ecuadorian Amazon by Cristina Gabriela Pérez Naranjo, Laurence Maurice, Valeria de Lourdes Ochoa-Herrera, Fausto López, David A. Egas, Christelle Lagane, Philippe Besson

“…In the sediment samples of the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon rivers, 43% Na, 93% Fe, 70% Mg, 62% Mn and 94% K are associated with the fine fraction. …”
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Modal and empirical lengths at sexual maturity for six deep-sea species in Ecuadorian oceanic waters by René Zambrano, Dialhy Coello, Marco Herrera

“…Fishing was conducted in Ecuadorian oceanic waters by only one vessel, between 2017 and 2021. …”
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Plant Diversity and Composition Changes along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Isolated Volcano Sumaco in the Ecuadorian Amazon by Pablo Lozano, Omar Cabrera, Gwendolyn Peyre, Antoine Cleef, Theofilos Toulkeridis

“…We encountered 68 plant species belonging to 54 genera and 31 families, of which three are Ecuadorian endemics. The most frequent life forms were erect herbs, rosette and tussocks, whereas the least were cushions. …”
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Phenotypic diversity of Amaranthus quitensis Kunth landraces: A millenary crop of Ecuadorian Andean region by Hipatia Delgado, César Tapia, Edwin Borja, Edwin Naranjo, Juan Pedro Martín

“… The black amaranth (Amaranthus quitensis Kunth) is traditionally cultivated in the Ecuadorian highlands, where it has great social, cultural and food importance for the native population, and locally it is called ataco or sangorache. …”
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Sustainability Assessment of Smallholder Agroforestry Indigenous Farming in the Amazon: A Case Study of Ecuadorian Kichwas by Marco Heredia-R, Bolier Torres, Jhenny Cayambe, Nadia Ramos, Marcelo Luna, Carlos G. H. Diaz-Ambrona

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Oil conflict and compromises in the Ecuadorian Amazon: the relationships between oil and indigenous people in historical perspective by Julie Dayot

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Psychometric properties and factorial structure of the Spanish version of the psychological capital scale in Ecuadorian university students. by Víctor López-Guerra, Karina Ocampo-Vásquez, Lucía Quinde, Sandra Guevara-Mora, Jesus Guerrero-Alcedo

“…Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the psychometric properties and factorial structure of the Spanish version of the psychological capital scale in a large sample of Ecuadorian university students.<h4>Methods</h4>A non-probabilistic convenience sample of 1732 university students (mean age 20 years, SD = 2,29; 55% female) from the city of Loja-Ecuador were surveyed online using a cross-sectional design.…”
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Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Leaf Litter Curculionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in Two Ecuadorian Tropical Forests by Oscar Maioglio, Cristiana Cerrato, Cesare Bellò, Massimo Meregalli

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The Ecuadorian paramo in danger: What we know and what might be learned from northern wetlands by Stefan Alexander Brück, Byron Daniel Medina Torres, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli

“…In this context, the present review aims to summarize important characteristics of the Ecuadorian paramo with special emphasis on flooded and floodable areas, analyze what is known about principal threats and their future impact, and finally try to compare paramo research with northern wetlands to identify and discuss important knowledge gaps that remain to be filled.…”
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Identification and Assessment of Livestock Best Management Practices (BMPs) Using the REDD+ Approach in the Ecuadorian Amazon by Bolier Torres, David Eche, Yenny Torres, Carlos Bravo, Christian Velasco, Antón García

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No Reduction in Yield of Young Robusta Coffee When Grown under Shade Trees in Ecuadorian Amazonia by Kevin Piato, Cristian Subía, François Lefort, Jimmy Pico, Darío Calderón, Lindsey Norgrove

“…To fill this gap, a field experiment was conducted in the Ecuadorian Amazon to investigate how growth, nutrition (leaf N), phenological state (BBCH-scale) and yield of 5-year-old robusta coffee shrubs are affected by the presence or absence of leguminous trees, the type (organic v conventional) and intensity of management. …”
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Taxonomic and Feeding Trait-Based Analysis of Macroinvertebrates in the Antisana River Basin (Ecuadorian Andean Region) by Santiago Cabrera-García, Peter L. M. Goethals, Koen Lock, Luis Domínguez-Granda, Marcos Villacís, Remigio Galárraga-Sánchez, Christine Van der heyden, Marie Anne Eurie Forio

“…High-elevation tropical streams are under increasing threat from human activities and climate change. Specifically, Ecuadorian Andean streams require priority actions such as bioassessment (e.g., biodiversity and functional ecology of macroinvertebrates) in order to generate adequate environmental management policies. …”
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Differing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers and intermediaries: insights into the Ecuadorian cocoa value chain by Guillermo Zambrano, Lina M. Tennhardt, Moritz Egger, Karen Ramírez, Adriana Santos, Byron Moyano, Michael Curran

“…Cocoa is a key crop for Ecuadorian exports, and the analysis of effects the pandemic had on value chain actors contributes to the understanding of their individual capacities to coping with a major shock. …”
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Connecter l’Équateur au monde entier by Anne-Claudine Morel

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Primate Conservation Efforts and Sustainable Development Goals in Ecuador, Combining Research, Education and Capacity Building by Stella de la Torre, Citlalli Morelos-Juárez

Subjects: “…ecuadorian primates…”
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Construire et inventer le patrimoine zápara. Acteurs, intérêts, conflits en Amazonie équatorienne by Anne-Gaël Bilhaut

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Ecuador’s Mutual Death Clause by Gustavo Prieto

Subjects: “…Dissolution of Parliament, Ecuadorian Constitutional Court, Presidential Powers…”
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The song of air and water: Acoustic experiments with an Ecuadorian Whistle Bottle (c.900 BC–100 BC) by Mónica Amparo Ayala Esparza, Galo Fernando Gallardo Carrillo, Miguel Molina-Alarcón

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The Environmental Profile of Clinker, Cement, and Concrete: A Life Cycle Perspective Study Based on Ecuadorian Data by Daniel M. Petroche, Angel D. Ramirez

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