—A new subspecies of flower-piercer, Diglossa gloriosissima boylei, is described from two localities at the northern end of the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes in the Department of Antioquia. The nominate race is apparently restricted to the highest part of the Western Cordillera west of Popayan, Department of Cauca. The Chestnut-bellied Flower-Piercer, Diglossa gloriosissima (Chapman...

عدم دستورية قانون النفط والغاز في إقليم كردستان رقم (22) لسنة 2007

The predominant aim of the current study was to evaluate spatial dynamics riparian coverage area influence Chambo River in river’s source (middle-high basin), between 2500 and 3000 m.a.s.l. For its execution, Landsat 7 images from year 2000, RapidEye 2009, Spot 6 2019 were used time range 2000–2009 2009–2019. These subjected supervised classification by applying maximum likelihood algorithm, id...

The upper ranges of the northern Andes are characterized by unique Neotropical, high altitude ecosystems known as paramos. These tundra-like grasslands are widely recognized by the scientific community for their biodiversity and their important ecosystem services for the local human population. Despite their remoteness, limited accessibility for humans and waterlogged soils, paramos are highly ...

The paramo, plays an important role in our ecosystems as They balance the water resources and can retain substantial quantities of carbon. This research was carried out province Tungurahua, specifically Quero district.The aim is to develop a classification land use cover (LULC) paramo using satellite imagery several classifiers determine which one obtains best performance, for three different a...

Quimsacocha National Recreation Area is located on the western slope of Andes in Azuay Province, southern Ecuador. All sampling locations were high paramo and Andean forests (3,572 to 3,865 m). The habitats include paramo, bogs, riparian, patches elfin forests, secondary cloud forest. We set Sherman, pitfall, camera traps (3,600 trap nights), mist nets collect 117 specimens. Eight species colle...