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Water availability is one of the main limiting factors that control ecosystem functions and productivity in semiarid regions. Vegetation of these regions usually presents a patchy distribution where sparse plant cover is...

The author addresses, in an original way and with a recognized methodological rigor, the study of the constructive conditions of urban housing that was promoted in the city of Manizales (central western Colombia) in a ti...

Various heterogeneous catalytic reactions, when performed on a flux reactor (i.e. on open systems) under UHV conditions display complex spatiotemporal patterns. Specifically, TPR, Work Function (WF) measurements (both g...

The role of communities associated to a substrate as fundamental components of an aquatic system has been recognized by many authors. Although periphyton has been considered of great importance in shallow lakes, its incl...

La cuenca del Río Guayas es considerada como la zona de mayor producción agrícolaganadera del Ecuador, por tanto su estudio es importante para tener una producción sustentable y sostenible en el tiempo. Su área abar...

The treeline corresponds to the altitude that marks the separation between two vegetational formations: Native forest and alpine vegetation, with the temperature the main factor that explains this transition zone. Becaus...