Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN Impreso: 0034-7744 ISSN electrónico: 2215-2075

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Vol. 71 No. 1 (2023): Revista de Biología Tropical (Rev. Biol. Trop.): Continuous publication, 01 January - 31 December 2023
Revista de Biología Tropical (Rev. Biol. Trop.): Continuous publication, 01 January - 31 December 2023

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Biomedicine

Rosa Condori-Macuri, Libertad Alzamora Gonzales, Raisa Cruz-Riquelme, Erasmo Colona-Vallejos Erasmo Colona-Vallejos, Nadia Chauca-Torres
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Antitumor and immunomodulatory activity of fucoidan from the brown alga Lessonia trabeculata (Lessoniaceae) on breast cancer spheroids
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Natalia Barboza, Laura Brenes-Guillén, Lidieth Uribe, Rodolfo WingChing-Jones
Silage quality and bacterial diversity of silages inoculated with Listeria monocytogenes and Lacticaseibacillus paracasei_6714
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Biotechnology

Gabriela Velasco-Blanco, Carlos Alfonso Álvarez González, Maria Isabel Abdo de la Parra, Luz Estela Rodríguez-Ibarra, Leonardo Ibarra-Castro, Claudia I. Maytorena-Verdugo, José Natividad Arias-Jiménez, Emyr Saul Peña Marín
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Ontogeny of digestive enzymes in larvae of the Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)
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Joel Sánchez-Gallego, Librada Atencio, Jacinto Pérez, Omar Dupuy, Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson, Filipa Godoy-Vitorino
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Assessment of Vibrio populations in a transect of Rhizophora mangle in Punta Galeta, Panamá: culture-dependent analyses reveal biotechnological applications
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Botany and Mycology

Thonny Behyker Centeno, Cassiana Ferreira, Janet Gaby Inga, Andrés Vélez, Raul Huacho, Osir Daygor Vidal, Sthefany Madjory Moya, Danessa Clarita Reyes, Walter Emilio Goytendia, Benji Steve Ascue, Mario Tomazello-Filho
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Cutting tools to optimize classification parameters of timber species with convolutional neural networks
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Diego Andres Moreno Gaona, María E. Morales-Puentes, Jorge E. Gil-Novoa, Jorge D. Mercado-Gómez
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Structure of bryophyte communities in the paramo complexes of Boyacá-Colombia
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Bruna Vargas Andriolli, Jenny Paola Corredor-Prado, Rosete Pescador, Francisco Sebastian Montoya-Serrano, Lírio Luiz Dal Vesco, Rogério Mamoru Suzuki
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Morpho-anatomy of in vitro germination and cryopreservation of the orchid Cattleya crispa (Orchidaceae)
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Diego Augusto Azevedo-da-Silva, Danilo Flademir Alves-de-Oliveira, Herley Carlos Bezerra-de-Oliveira, Thadeu Martins Feitosa, Ivanice Bezerra da Silva, Raquel Brandt Giordani, Eduardo Luiz Voigt
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Reserve mobilization and secondary metabolites during seed germination and seedling establishment of the tree Erythrina velutina (Fabaceae)
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Edgar Javier Rincón-Barón, Gerardo Andrés Torres-Rodríguez, Viviana Lucia Cuarán, René Carreño-Olejua; Lilian M. Passarelli
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Microsporogenesis and ultrastructure of pollen grains in the cocoa plant, Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae)
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Edier Soto, Catalina Montoya, Alejandro Castaño, Jonathan Granobles
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Diversity patterns of vascular and non-vascular epiphytes along tropical dry forest
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Jéssica Soares Pereira, Júlio César DoVale, Ingrid Pinheiro Machado, José Wagner Silva Melo, Francisco das Chagas Vidal Neto, Dheyne Silva Melo, Levi de Moura Barros
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Flowering time and harvest on floral morphology and production of hermaphrodite flowers in the cashew tree Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae)
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Milton Javier Escobar Chimbaco, Adriana Marin, Jorge Andres Giraldo, Jorge Andres Ramirez
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Dendrochronological potential of three Podocarpaceae species from the Andean Cordillera
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Barbara Godinho Pereira, Ana Paula de Faria, Vinicius Coelho Kuster, Ana Silvia Franco Pinheiro Moreira
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Effect of seasonality on the leaf phenology and physiology of Byrsonima species (Malpighiaceae)
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Terrestrial ecology

Juan Fernando Acevedo-Quintero, Joan Gastón Zamora-Abrego, Juan Pablo Chica-Vargas, Néstor Javier Mancera-Rodríguez
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Functional traits of fruits of particular importance for seed dispersers in the tropical dry forest
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Daniel Flores-Alta, Francisco Alberto Rivera-Ortiz, Ana María Contreras González
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Seed removal by the squirrel Notocitellus adocetus (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Western México
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Cleiton O. Cardoso, Davi da S. Sales, Muryllo dos S. Nascimento, Airton Janes da S. Siqueira, Ocivana A. Pereira, Suely S. dos Santos, Francisco das Chagas V. dos Santos, Pedro B. de M. Carneiro, Anderson Guzzi
Space-time patterns and drivers of migrant bird communities in coastal Piauí State, Brazil
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Jaime Villacis, Fernando Casanoves, Susana Hang, Cristina Armas
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Functional traits and performance of woody species on oil- affected soils of the Ecuadorian Amazon
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Priscila Silva dos Santos, Kleber Andrade da Silva, Elcida de Lima Araújo, Danielle Melo dos Santos, Josiene Maria Falcão Fraga dos Santos, Gicélia Lira dos Prazeres, Elba Maria Nogueira Ferraz
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Spatio-temporal variation of seed rain between urban and rural fragments of humid tropical forests
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Angie Montañez-S, Andrés Avella-M, René López Camacho
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Litterfall and nutrient transfer dynamics in a successional gradient of tropical dry forest in Colombia
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Silberio García-Sánchez, Alejandro Juárez-Agis, Edson A. Alvarez-Alvarez, Branly Oliver Salome, Jacqueline Zeferino Torres, Mayra Rivas González, Angel Neftali Osorio Rodriguez
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Wild vertebrates’ roadkill across human settlements of the Mexican Southern Pacific
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María Lourdes Barriga-Carbajal, Margarita Vargas-Sandoval, Eduardo Mendoza
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Deforestation increases the abundance of rodents and their ectoparasites in the Lacandon forest, Southern Mexico
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Itzel Flores-Yllescas, Miguel Ángel De Labra-Hernández
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Foraging ecology of the bird Eupsittula canicularis (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) in a modified Mexican landscape
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Carmen Sofia Abella-Sanclemente, Hamleth Valois-Cuesta, Manuel Francisco Polanco-Puerta
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The tree Acacia mangium (Fabaceae) facilitates the recovery of mining areas in the rain forest of Chocó, Colombia
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Milena Cambronero, Ricardo Sánchez-Calderón, Rodney Lobo
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Medium and large-sized mammals in a premontane moist forest fragment, Atenas, Costa Rica
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Rubén Martínez-Camilo
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Diversity and structure of the cloud forest in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico
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Linda Jacome, Jonathan Liria, Richard C. Wilkerson
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Species diversity and spatial distribution of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from La Isla Amazon Park, Napo Province, Ecuador
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Yesenia Yojaira Anabella Minhuey Espinoza, Jorge Luis Podestá Hernández, Freddy Daniel Barona Narváez
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Spatio-temporal distribution of aquatic birds of the family Laridae in a South American coastal wetland
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Aquatic ecology

Daniel Serna-Macias, Cesar E. Tamaris-Turizo, Jorge Oliveros Villanueva, Pedro Eslava-Eljaiek
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Variability of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in temporary ponds in Northern Colombia
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Paola Gastezzi, José E. Rincón, José E. Rincón
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Composition of macroinvertebrates according to water quality in high altitude peatbogs, Costa Rica
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Ana Milena Lagos, M. Victoria Leon, Angie Colorado, Daniel Giraldo, Laura Fragozo, Sigmer Y. Quiroga, Alejandro Martínez
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Effects of microplastics pollution on the abundance and composition of interstitial meiofauna
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Vanessa Merlo Rodríguez, Edgar Osiris Carranza Espinal, Marco Herminio Osorto Nuñez
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Nesting of olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudinata: Cheloniidae) in Campamento Tortuguero Cedeño, Honduras (2011-2021)
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Daniel Valencia-Rodríguez, Juliana Herrera-Pérez, David Botero-Escalante, Luis García-Melo, Diana Arenas-Serna, Frank Álvarez-Bustamante, Emerson Parra-R, Luz Fernanda Jiménez-Segura
Distribution of diversity of fishes in an Andean fluvial network: Distribución de la diversidad de peces en una red fluvial andina
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Anlli Tatiana López-Giraldo, María Isabel Ríos-Pulgarín, Isabel Cristina Gil-Guarín
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Habitat characteristics that regulate the structure of macroinvertebrate communities in tropical mountain rivers (Antioquía, Colombia)
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Priscilla Cubero-Pardo, César Castro-Azofeifa, Juan B. Chavarría-Chaves, Christian Vargas-Bolaños, Francini Corrales-Garro
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Foreign fishing fleets in the Costa Rican Pacific and their overlap with oceanic protected areas, the fisheries management, and the Thermal Dome
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Ankita Ankita, M. Afzal Khan, Salman Khan
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Age and growth assessment of the near-threatened fish Rita rita (Siluriformes: Bagridae) in the Ganges basin
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Yusimí Alfonso, Patricia M. González-Sánchez, Hansel Caballero, Pedro Pablo Chevalier, Jhoana Díaz-Larrea, Ruben Cabrera
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Algal cover in two sites of the Guanahacabibes National Park, southwestern platform of Cuba
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Juan José López-Marcano, Edgar Alexander García Marcano, Ivis Marina Fermín
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Microplastics in the sardine Sardinella aurita (Teleostei: Clupeidae) in Sucre, Venezuela
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July Andrea Barrera-Herrera, Camila Andrea Díaz-Rojas, Narcís Prat, Camilo Andrés Roa-Fuentes
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Aquatic macroinvertebrates in an altitudinal gradient of the Garagoa river, eastern Andes of Colombia
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Marco Retana L., María Laura Arias-Echandi, Gilbert Barrantes
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Effect of the trout aquacultural activity on the number of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in the upper drainage basin of the Savegre river, Costa Rica
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Edgardo Javier Ignacio Pero, Silvia Elena Torrejón, Carlos Molineri
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Effect of ecoregion and river type on neotropical Chironomidae (Diptera) from humid mountain to semiarid lowland: Chironomidae from Yungas and Chaco
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Maria Isabel Ríos Pulgarín, Valeria Henao-Lopera, María Andrea Henao-Henao, Isabel Cristina Gil-Guarín
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Effects of environmental stability and phycoperiphyton structure on the macroinvertebrate community of regulated Andean rivers
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Lincoln Corrêa, Hérlon Mota Atayde, Sandra Layse Ferreira Sarrazin, Ricardo Bezerra de Oliveira
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Mercury concentration in larvae of Eustrongylides sp. (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidea) from fish of the Brazilian Amazon
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Jenny Alejandra Ruiz-Jiménez, Sergio Cohuo Duran, Maria Isabel Criales
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Effect of the flood pulse on the ostracod assemblage (Ostracoda: Podocopida) in microenvironments in the Ciénaga Río Viejo, Colombia.
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Vertebrate biology

René Andrés Rojas-Luna, Carlos Arturo García-Alzate
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Testicular histology and morphology of the swim bladder of the neotropical fish Plagioscion magdalenae (Acanthuriformes: Sciaenidae): implications in taxonomy and distribution
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Alejandra Murillo Rios
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Genetic variability of the fish Lutjanus guttatus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) using microsatellites in Costa Rica
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Vannia del C. Gómez-Moreno, Othón J. González-Gaona, Santiago Niño-Maldonado, Ausencio Azuara-Domínguez, Ludivina Barrientos-Lozano
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Urban green areas with mixed vegetation favor avian richness and abundance in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Claudia Ballesteros Barrera, Rocio Zárate Hernández, Bárbara Vargas Miranda, Adrián Leyte-Manrique, Cynthia Elizalde-Arellano, Cynthia Elizalde-Arellano, Angélica Martínez-Bernal, Selene Ortiz-Burgos
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Historical review, potential distribution, and conservation of the Mexican endemic rat Xenomys nelsoni (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
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Sara Elizabeth Domínguez-Cisneros, Abraham Kobelkowsky, Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez
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Trophic morphology and diet of the endangered fish Tlaloc hildebrandi (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae).
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Lincoln Corrêa
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Blood parasites (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) infecting birds in the Brazilian Amazon
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Conservation

Erik Joaquin Torres-Romero, Gerardo Ceballos , Francisco Botello, José Ignacio González Rojas, Anthony J. Giordano, José Vicente López-Bao
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Jaguar conservation in the American continent: the role of protected landscape and human-impacted biomes
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Héctor Romero-Santiago, Aressia E. García-Mello, José L. Arcos-García, Noé Ruiz-Garcia
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Impact of alluvial material extraction on the reptile diversity of the Tehuantepec River, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Santiago Barros, Paul Porras, Boris Landázuri, David C. Siddons, Steven C. Latta, Pedro X. Astudillo
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Community structure of raptors in the páramo landscape of the Ecuadorian Andes
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Ricardo Evangelista Fraga, Caio Marcio Rodrigues Santos, Ramona Soares Silva, Rayanna Emanuelle Rocha Teixeira, Laize Tomazi , Marcio Borba da Silva, Cleverson Zapelini dos Santos, Alexandre Schiavetti
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Reintroduction and monitoring of the bird Amazona aestiva (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) in Brazil
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Jesica A. Sansiñena, Silvia Elena Plaul, María F. Bahl, Andrés Piccinini, Pedro F. Andrés Laube, Leandro Alcalde, Guillermo S. Natale
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High frequency of larval abnormalities of the toad Rhinella arenarum (Anura: Bufonidae) in an Argentinian agroecosystem
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Sebastián Bautista Plazas, Pablo Roberto Stevenson Diaz
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Dispersion of seeds at night and day in sub-Andean forests, Cueva Los Guacharos Park, Colombia
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Angela Patricia Salamanca-Rivera, Diego Alejandro Silva, Juan Cardozo-Muñoz, Fabián Rojas-Sánchez, Juan Camilo Meléndez-Mazabel, Luis Santiago Borda-Chingate
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Phytoremediation with Brassicaceae and Apiaceae in soils contaminated with heavy metals
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