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Chemical weathering produces soils and the necessary nutrients for ecosystems; addi- tionally, it regulates the climate at geologic timescales. Therefore, weathering is a funda- mental process for the Earth’s living layer: the Critical Zone. Despite the limited areal extent of volcanic regions, w...

Waxcaps are the most distinctive and visible components of grassland funga, however many aspects of their ecology are poorly understood. Indirect evidence of the trophic status of waxcaps has being obtained with the use of stable isotopes pointing out waxcaps to be in a biotrophic relation with a...

Dentro de los Trichopterygini, el género Hoplosauris presenta, con 8 especies válidas, la mayor riqueza de específica descrita para la Región Andina. Los representantes destacan por la presencia de androconia valvar en la genitalia del macho y la ausencia de lóbulo en las alas posteriores de los ...

Within the Trichopterygini, the genus Hoplosauris has the highest species richness for the Andean Region with 8 valid species. The species distinguish by the presence of valvar androconia in the male genitalia and the absence of a lobe in the hindwings of the males, which has led to the redefinit...