Aim The campos de altitude are a series of cool‐humid, grass‐dominated formations
restricted to the highest summits of the southeastern Brazilian Highlands. Relatively little is …

Low temperature represents, together with drought and salt stress, one of the most important
environmental constraints limiting the pro ductivity and the distribution of plants on the Earth …

A growth form classification for the plants of the Ecuadorian páramos is proposed, consisting
of ten forms: stem rosettes, basal rosettes, tussocks, acaulescent rosettes, cushions and …

Exotic pine plantations are promoted for their presumed capacity to provide a net sink of
atmospheric C. Millions of hectares worldwide will be subjected to conversion into …

The impact of extensive livestock farming on the physical and chemical characteristics of the
volcanic soils and on the nutrient status of green plant tissues of neotropical alpine …

La diversidad muscinal en los países andinotropicales (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador,
Perú y Bolivia) se estima en 76 familias, 362 géneros y 2089 táxones a nivel específico e …

Three aspects of the páramo vegetation's response to fires were investigated: the
measurement of fire temperatures, general observations of changes in plant communities …

Aim This paper presents a basic analysis of the macro‐and mesoclimate of the Brazilian
campos de altitude, a series of cool–humid, mountaintop grasslands in southeastern Brazil …

Páramo is the neotropical high elevation ecosystem in the northern Andes and Central
America consisting of multiple dissected open areas above 3000 m asl Complex …

Using reports from the literature and data from collections, we provide the first checklist of
the tropical Andean bee species found above 2500 m, with a particular emphasis on those …