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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 ...
Leaf spectra and weight of species in canopy, sub-canopy, and understory layers in a Venezuelan Andean cloud forest
(Scientifica, Article ID 839584, 14 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.6064/2012/839584, 2012-04-22)
We characterize the leaf spectra of tree species of an Andean cloud forest in Venezuela, grouped according to position in canopy, subcanopy and understory. We measured leaf reflectance and transmittance spectra in the ...
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. ...
Synthesis, characterization and hydroformylation catalytic activity of a water-soluble RhCl(CO)(PySO3Na)2 complex using 1-hexene and real naphtha
(2012-03-16)
In this work, we describe the synthesis and characterization of a new water soluble [RhCl(CO)(PySO3Na)2], complex (1); where [PySO3Na] is the
sodium salt of p-sulfonated pyridine ligand. Complex (1) was obtained in methanol, ...
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. ...
Genetic typing of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from different hosts and geographical areas of western Venezuela
(2011-12-13)
A total of 72 Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from different hosts and geographical regions of western Venezuela, where Chagas disease is endemic, were typed using ribosomal and mini-exon gene markers. The isolates were obtained ...
Valoración comparativa de pruebas serodiagnósticas utilizadas para detectar enfermedad de Chagas en Venezuela
(2011-12-13)
Se presenta la valoración comparativa de 8 técnicas de uso común en el despistaje serológico de la enfermedad de Chagas utilizando muestras de pacientes de diversas procedencias del occidente de Venezuela. En el estudio ...
Trypanosoma cruzi primary infection prevents severe re-infection in mice
(2011-12-13)
Se evalúa el efecto de reinoculaciones por Trypanosoma cruzi en ratones experimentalmente infectados. De un total de 200 ratones que fueron infectados por vía intradérmica con un inóculo de 5x103 tripomastigotes metacíclicos ...
Chagas disease inapparent infection in asymptomatic individuals from a Yukpa ethnic community in western Venezuela
(2011-12-13)
Inapparent infections by Trypanosoma cruzi were detected, for the first time, in symptomless seropositive healthy individuals from a Yukpa ethnic community in western Venezuela where Chagas disease had not been previously ...