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Water relations and gas exchange in Coespeletia moritziana (Sch. Bip) Cuatrec., a giant rosette species of the high tropical Andes
(Photosynthetica 50: 429-436, 2012-04-26)
Giant rosettes are ones of the most striking features of the vegetation in the high tropical Andes, with Coespeletia moritziana reaching the highest altitudes up to 4,600 m a.s.l. Different from other giant rosettes, this ...
Freezing avoidance in tropical Andean bamboos
(LXth World bamboo Congress proceedings. Sección 2, Massachusetts, USA. pp. 247-257, 2012-04-15)
Frost resistance was compared in five species of different life forms in the neotropical woody bamboo genus Chusquea growing along a cloud forest-paramo gradient, between 2250-4010 m a.s.l. in the Venezuelan Andes. C. ...
Assessing and modeling the role of the native legume Lupinus meridanus in fertility restoration in a heterogeneous mountain environment of the tropical Andes
(Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 159 (2012) 29-39, 2012)
The role of the native legume Lupinus meridanus on fertility restoration in long fallow agriculture of the Venezuelan Andes was analyzed using field and laboratory data and a process-based model of succession (FAPROM). L. ...
Avian nectar robbers of Passiflora mixta (Pasifloraceae): Do they have a positive effect on the plant?
(Interciencia 36(8): 587-592, 2011-08-05)
The effect of nectar robbing on plant reproduction may be negative, positive or neutral. The effect was evaluated on Passiflora mixta, an Andean high-mountain species that is pollinated
by the Sword-billed Hummingbird ...
Are cloud forest tree structure and environment related in the Venezuelan Andes?
(Austral Ecology 36, Issue 3: 280-289, 2011-05)
Cloud forest vegetation structure and composition were studied in theVenezuelan Andes at three sites in Mérida State. Although the sites are within 10 to 30 km of each other, climatic, geologic and topographic differences ...
Regeneración del páramo después de un disturbio agrícola: una síntesis de dos décadas de investigaciones en sistemas con descansos largos de la Cordillera de Mérida
(Herrera, F., Herrera, I. (Eds): La restauración ecológica en Venezuela. Fundamentos y experiencias. Ediciones IVIC. Altos de Pipe, Venezuela. pp. 123-145, 2011)
El análisis de los patrones y mecanismos involucrados en la recuperación de los ecosistemas durante la sucesión constituye sin duda el aporte más importante de la ecología al desarrollo de fundamentos teóricos para el ...
Physical geography and ecosystems in the tropical Andes
(Herzog, S., Martínez, R., Jørgensen, P. and Tiessen, H. (Eds): Climate Change and biodiversity in the tropical Andes.Capitulo 10. Macarthur Foundation, inter american iInstitute, Scope. Colombia. pp. 152-169, 2011)