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Considering the great plant diversity in the Tropical Andes, especially so many endemics, nitrogen deposition could be a severe threat. The decrease in plant diversity could cause a chain reaction on other species that depend on the plants. These are just few threats the Tropical Andes faces on a daily basis.
It is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Andes Mountains on the east, and the Atacama Desert in the north; it is home to several important eco-regions, such as the Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests, a biodiversity hot-spot that harbors richly endemic flora and fauna, and the Tropical Andes, which stretches into northern Chile ...
The Andes alone is one of the most diverse areas in the world. [12] However, bird species specifically in the San Lucas Andean mountain ranges are endangered. The absence of government protection from armed conflict in San Lucas has facilitated the cultivation of coca crops and deforestation, which has resulted in local biodiversity loss. [8]
After the deadly Andes flood in the 1940s that region “was sort of a leader” in working on glacial flood outburst threats, but in the last decade or so, High Mountain Asia has taken over ...
The result is a mix of species of tropical and boreal origin with the same genera found in most páramos, but with many endemic species in the individual páramos. [7] As recently as 14,000 years ago the temperatures were 6–7 °C (11–13 °F) below those of today, and the páramo belt began at an elevation of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
The ecosystems found within the massif are characteristic of the Tropical Andes which include páramo and mountain forests. It is one of two regions where the bird Paramillo tapaculo (Scytalopus canus), an endangered species, is found. [3] [4] One of the massif's highland mammal species is the vulnerable Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus). [5]
The temperate Valdivian, matorral, and Magellanic ecoregions are isolated from the subtropical/tropical forests that dominate northern South America by such landscapes as the Atacama desert (north of the matorral), the Andes Mountains, and the dry, rain-shadow Patagonian steppe east of the Andes.
The new Netflix drama, directed by J.A. Bayona, tells the story of the disaster, which happened in October 1972 when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes mountains, immediately ...