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 The paper highlights the challenges of establishment and characteristics of educational institutions functioning in the highlands. It is analyzed the work of preparatory groups that are meant to replace kindergartens i...

Abstract The site of LuneryRosieres la-Terre-des-Sablons (Lunery, Cher, France) comprises early evidence of human occupation in mid-latitudes in Western Europe. It demonstrates hominin presence in the Loire River Basin d...

With the rapid expansion of transport infrastructure into complex mountainous terrain, bridge-tunnel connecting sections (BTCSs) have emerged as a common yet distinct configuration characterized by high bridge-to-tunnel ...

The Somuncurá Plateau is a Protected Natural Area located in the middle of the northern extra-Andean arid Patagonia. Inhabited by at least 20 small mammal species, is the place with the uppermost species richness in Pat...

ABSTRACT The northeastern slope of the Andes is an area of high diversity of ferns and lycophytes. In this study we assessed the diversity patterns of ferns and lycophytes in ten 250 m x 2 m plots installed at three elev...

Accurately modelling radiation interactions within canopy layers and soil backgrounds is crucial for biophysical variables retrieval across regional or global scales. However, terrain relief introduces significant uncert...

Abstract Ecotourism is increasingly recognized as a sustainable development strategy for environmentally sensitive mountain regions. However, its effectiveness depends on spatially informed planning and community accepta...

Fluvial basins located on the NE side of the Sierra de Aconquija and facing the Tafí valley (NW Argentina) enable a study of the sedimentary records of valleys and alluvial fans that have been subject to glacial and per...

In the Northern Patagonian Andes, the austral beech Nothofagus pumilio dominates the upper limit of the temperate forest and is an important source of allochthonous dissolved organic matter (DOM) in mountain lakes. In ad...

The Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region of China features a unique topographic structure. Influenced by synoptic-scale systems, the region’s atmospheric strata over the plains are distinct. This study utilizes ground aero...

Abstract Background Chianina, Romagnola, and Marchigiana are the 3 most important Italian breeds of cattle raised in the Apennine Mountains. Inherited disorders have been reported in the Chianina and Romagnola breeds but...

Este estudio analiza la composición, riqueza, diversidad y estructura de la familia Pieridae en la cuenca del río Coello, cordillera Central de los Andes, departamento de Tolima (Colombia). Se establecieron 11 estacion...

Rainfall in the central Andes associated with the South American Monsoon and the South American Low-Level Jet results from orographic effects on atmospheric circulation exerted by the Andean Plateau and the Eastern Cordi...

ABSTRACT Blepharicnema splendens is a dipteran with occurrence restricted to the Neotropical Andean mountain forests from 1,400 to 2,500 masl. We surveyed the species using Van Someren-Rydon traps with decaying fish as b...

Four new species of Grammitis Sw. (G. angustissima A. Rojas, G. roraimensis A. Rojas, G. spathulata A. Rojas and G. undulata A. Rojas) and one new species of StenoGrammitis Labiak (S. grammitoides A. Rojas) are described...

Con el objetivo de conocer y determinar la importancia relativa de las plantas usadas como medicinales, se realizó un estudio etnobotánico en las comunidades campesinas de algunas veredas de seis municipios del Altipla...

There is no denying that wireless communication technology is a very important component of modern society. One aspect of modern society where the application of wireless communication technology has tremendous potential...

Glaciers in the northern Patagonian Andes (35-46°gS) have shown a dramatic decline in area in the last decades. However, little is known about glacier mass balance changes in this region. This study presents a geodetic ...

Stanisław Staszic was born on 6 November, 1755 in Piła a to a wealthy middle class family. Staszic played an important role in the development of Polish industry, working at the same time as a geologist and studying na...

The Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains are a unique European region. In the Carpathians there are more than half of the species of the flora and fauna of Ukraine. Rapid rivers, shoeless meadows, silvery waterfalls, and the i...

The article reveals the peculiarities of the ethnic identity of pupils in school socio-cultural space in the mountain school of Carpathian region. In general, the term “region” as socio-cultural space is generally ac...

In this paper the potencial importance of the río Negro valley on the peopling of Patagonia is discussed. Flowing along the Pampean-Patagonian border, the Río Negro drains Andean meltwaters across the Southern Cone ...

Aims: The high plant species diversity of tropical mountain forests is coupled with high habitat heterogeneity along gradients in elevation and topography. We quantified the effects of elevation, topography and forest ed...

O antropólogo Emílio Willems realizou, na década de 1940, o primeiro estudo de comunidade feito no Brasil. O local da pesquisa foi no município de Cunha, situado entre a Serra do Quebra-Cangalha e a Serra do Mar, no ...