Progress in understanding the hydrology of high-elevation Andean grasslands under changing land use

GM Mosquera, F Marin, M Stern, V Bonnesoeur… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-elevation grasslands worldwide provide essential hydrological services including
water provision, flow regulation, and erosion control. Despite their importance, hydrological …

[HTML][HTML] The Ecuadorian Paramo in danger: What we know and what might be learned from northern wetlands.

SA Brück, BDM Torres, MLT de Moraes - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Paramo is a heterogeneous array of High Andean Mountain ecosystems above the tree
line at elevations between 2800 and 5000 meters. It unites characteristics of mountain …

Scientific research in Ecuador: A bibliometric analysis

G Herrera-Franco, N Montalván-Burbano… - Publications, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ecuador has shown a growth in its scientific production since 2011, representing 85% of the
total historical production. These investigations are reflected in scientific publications, which …

The breathing of the Andean highlands: Net ecosystem exchange and evapotranspiration over the páramo of southern Ecuador

G Carrillo-Rojas, B Silva, R Rollenbeck… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Atmospheric carbon (CO 2) exchange, evapotranspiration (ET) processes, and their
interactions with climatic drivers across tropical alpine grasslands are poorly understood …

The role of vegetation, soils, and precipitation on water storage and hydrological services in Andean Páramo catchments

PX Lazo, GM Mosquera, JJ McDonnell, P Crespo - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding how tropical montane catchments store and release water, and the resulting
water ecosystem services they provide is crucial for improving water resource management …

Moisture transport and seasonal variations in the stable isotopic composition of rainfall in Central American and Andean Páramo during El Niño conditions (2015 …

G Esquivel‐Hernández, GM Mosquera… - Hydrological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
High‐elevation tropical grassland systems, called Páramo, provide essential ecosystem
services such as water storage and supply for surrounding and lowland areas. Páramo …

Frontiers in páramo water resources research: A multidisciplinary assessment

GM Mosquera, R Hofstede, LL Bremer… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Interdisciplinary knowledge is necessary to achieve sustainable management of natural
resources. However, research is still often developed in an exclusively disciplinary manner …

Vegetation effects on soil pore structure and hydraulic properties in volcanic ash soils of the high Andes

S Páez‐Bimos, M Villacís, O Morales… - Hydrological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil hydraulic properties control the provision of hydrological services. Vegetation and
topography influence these properties by altering soil structure and porosity. The underlying …

Patterns in soil chemical weathering related to topographic gradients and vegetation structure in a high Andean tropical ecosystem

A Molina, V Vanacker, MD Corre… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although climate exerts a major control on mineral weathering and soil formation processes,
the combined effect of vegetation and topography can influence the rate and extent of …

Bridging the gap from hydrological to biogeochemical processes using tracer-aided hydrological models in a tropical montane ecosystem

J Pesántez, C Birkel, GM Mosquera, R Célleri… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
How simple or complex catchment models need to be is still unclear particularly for tracer-
aided models that go beyond hydrograph fitting. Here, we take advantage of a sub-daily …