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Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical
Vol. 9 No. 4 (2019)In the tropical rainforest (Bp-T) there are tree ferns of the genus Cyathea, the oldest seedless vascular plants on the planet, which is why they are called living fossils. Nowadays they are widely distributed and found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas where they exploit a wide variety of ecosystems, from sea level to 4.200 m elevation. In Colombia, this genus is composed of more than 122 species, making it the country with the greatest diversity in this group, and about 30% of these are found in the forests of the Colombian Pacific coast (Cárdenas et al. 2019, Bernal et al. 2015).
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Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2019)We estimate that on our Planet, near eight million animal species exist, with only one million species are already described. This calculation, provides an idea of the long road ahead, in terms of our understanding of the natural world. Beyond its intrinsic evolutionary, genetic, and ecological importance, the wild fauna, also represents economic, social, cultural, scientific, and recreative values, contributing to human wellbeing.
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Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019)El equipo editorial de la revista científica Biodiversidad Neotropical, se complace en poner a disposición el segundo número del volumen 9 de la revista. En este número se incluye un estudio que evalúa la relación entre la fenología vegetativa del comino crespo Aniba perutilis Hemsl. con algunas variables climáticas en un bosque andino colombiano, en donde se devela la forma de como están correlacionados los picos de la caída de hojas con variables como la temperatura máxima y la radiación solar.
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Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2019)South American river dolphins (Inia and Sotalia), distributed in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Araguaia-To cantins river basins, are considered among the most endangered aquatic mammals on the planet (Reeves et al. 2003, Trujillo et al. 2010, Mosquera-Guerra et al. 2021). These cetacean species are currently categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Endangered (EN) and included in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, da Silva et al. 2018).
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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)
A través del presente editorial, la Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical anuncia el cambio de su periodicidad, pasando se ser semestral a trimestral. Esta transición constituye un paso importante que seguro impactará en la mejora continua de los procesos editoriales adelantados desde la misma, así como una mayor frecuencia en cuanto a la divulgación de artículos de alta calidad técnica y científica de las investigaciones realizadas en la región Neotropical de América y sus aportes al conocimiento de la biodiversidad.
La revista llega a su séptima edición cargada de logros importantes que en su conjunto conducen hacia un posicionamiento estratégico como medio de divulgación de artículos de alta calidad técnica y científica, los logros a que hacemos referencia a través de este editorial son: su indexación en tres de los SIRES (Sistemas de indexación y resumen) más importantes a nivel mundial. Zoological Record, especializado en revistas que publican artículos científicos en zoología (ciencias que estudia los animales), Biological Abstracts, una de las colecciones completas de contenido y herramientas de ciencias de la vida disponibles en Web of Science que permite explorar la literatura, analizar tendencias, medir el impacto y obtener búsquedas completas de investigación y BIOSIS Previews, especializado en ciencias biológicas y de la salud.
Lo anterior, respalda el cumplimiento de los más altos estándares de calidad editorial definidos para publicaciones científicas a nivel mundial, por parte de la revista, equipo de expertos evaluadores en diversas temáticas de las ciencias biológicas, incremento de su visibilidad en línea, cobertura internacional, rigurosidad en la periodicidad, calidad e impacto de lo que se publica.
A partir de este número la revista da orto paso importante como lo es el cambio de su periodicidad, pasando se ser semestral a trimestral.
Esta edición incluye seis contribuciones de artículos distribuidos en las cuatro secciones establecidas por la revista, esperando sea de mucho provecho para nuestros lectores. De esta manera, informamos sobre aportes al conocimiento relacionado con la diversidad de árboles frutales de traspatio en Mochicahui, El Fuerte, Sinaloa, México, al igual que un estudio sobre la occidentalización de los asentamientos indígenas en Morelos, en éste mismo país; Se describen algunos aspectos biológicos y pesqueros de Caquetaia kraussii (Steindachner, 1878) en la cuenca media y baja del río Atrato, Chocó,
Se hace un reconocimiento a la fauna del departamento del Quindío, Colombia mediante la presentación de una Historia sobre el estudio de los anfibios y reptiles y se documenta científicamente la presencia del guatín Dasyprocta punctata (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) una especie que, a pesar de haber sido registrada en informes técnicos de manera previa, aún no cuenta con material museológico para el departamento.
Finalmente, se reportan dos especies de lepidópteros como nuevos hospederos de Cotesia congregata (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) en Panamá, el cual hace un aporte importante respecto al conocimiento generado a la fecha sobre esta temática incrementando a 18 el número de especies utilizadas como hospederos por miembros de la familia Braconidae.
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Vol. 6 No. 2 Jul-Dic (2016)
In order to fulfill one more requirement in the task of continuing to position the Revista Neotropical Biodiversity in national and international scenarios of indexing scientific journals, we increased from five (as it was in our beginnings), to 13 (this number) the number of articles. Among other important contributions, this issue presents the first list of mammals published for the department of Chocó (Colombia), new reports of plant species for Colombia and one for the Pacific Ocean. When completing its Sixth Volume, Neotropical Biodiversity accumulates a dozen published numbers, a goal proposed when in 2011 we achieved the dream of creating a quality scientific journal that will present contributions to the knowledge of the region's biodiversity. It is for this reason that in this issue we bring a special contribution, the description of a new taxon of birthing for science, coming from one of the most fascinating sites of Colombia, the National Park Chiribiquete, in the Colombian Guiana, in the process of Declaratory as a double cultural and natural heritage of humanity, hoping in this way to contribute to the process of consolidation of this initiative.
In order to fulfill one more requirement in the task of continuing to position the Revista Neotropical Biodiversity in national and international scenarios of indexing scientific journals, we increased from five (as it was in our beginnings), to 13 (this number) the number of articles. Among other important contributions, this issue presents the first list of mammals published for the department of Chocó (Colombia), new reports of plant species for Colombia and one for the Pacific Ocean. When completing its Sixth Volume, Neotropical Biodiversity accumulates a dozen published numbers, a goal proposed when in 2011 we achieved the dream of creating a quality scientific journal that will present contributions to the knowledge of the region's biodiversity. It is for this reason that in this issue we bring a special contribution, the description of a new taxon of birthing for science, coming from one of the most fascinating sites of Colombia, the National Park Chiribiquete, in the Colombian Guiana, in the process of Declaratory as a double cultural and natural heritage of humanity, hoping in this way to contribute to the process of consolidation of this initiative.
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Vol. 6 No. 1 Ene-Jun (2016)
It is our pleasure to present this new number of the journal Biodiversidad Neotropical, to the academic and scientific community, a as well as sharing good news related with our editorial advances. The journal recently acquired its own DOI (Digital Object Identi er) 10.18636, allowing to nd each item with its own internet address on the web. In addition, the journal has been included in new index platforms: MIAR and Sciary, promoting the international diffusion of scienti c results in our contents, and generating a greater impact on the society, the environment and biodiversity.
It is a great honor for us to include in this issue, a work on the characterization of ancestry, crossbreeding and genetic diversity of human population of the Colombian Chocó. This is a collaborative work, conducted by prestigious American (IHRC-Georgia Tech, Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the National Center for Biotechnology Information) and Colombian institutions (PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Biomedical Research Institute of the Universidad Libre, BIOS Centro de Bioinformática y Biología Computacional, Centro de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Hábitat of the Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó). Results in this work, demonstrate that human
Chocoan populations, have a predominantly African ancestry, with similar contributions from European and Native American ancestors, and suggest a unique genetic heritage for the people of Chocó. Thereupon the Chocó recognition as one of the most bio-diverse places on the planet is now also supported by the signi cant human genetic diversity.
Nine more contributions complete the content of the present issue, including a oristic characterization of three tropical rain forests of different ages, in the Jardín Botánico del Pací co at Bahía Solano, Chocó, Colombia. The evaluation of the repellent activity of six total extracts, against adult insects of Tribolium castaneum; an analysis of the trophic ecology Ceratophrys calcarata. The description of the Craugastor stejnegerianus thermal frog litter ecology in Costa Rica. Two inventories of birds, one for the campus of the Universidad de la Amazonia in Caquetá, Colombia, and the other for the nature reserve Laguna Blanca in Paraguay. A study on the performance of a GPS tracking collar on a spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) in the Colombian Andes; and nally, notes about new locations for Caluromys derbianus in Honduras.
We hope for the readers to enjoy this issue.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 5 No. 2 Jul-Dic (2015)
Five years ago, as part of the celebration of the international year of Biodiversity, a group of researchers of the Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó, with the support of the Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones, and the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC), created the international journal Biodiversidad Neotropical. Up to date, we have published 80 scientific research articles by 217 authors from 12 countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela). This is evidence of the good reception that the journal has and evidence of the advance in our goal of being an effective mean of dissemination of scientific knowledge on biodiversity and environmental sciences in the Neotropical region.
In this number, we inform our audience about significant advances in our format by introducing the journal in HTML, with all our content available on line, with no need of downloading the papers. We also couple another requirement for the process of positioning the journal by including Biodiversidad Neotropical in the system of abstracts Sires.
We keep consistent, in terms of number of contributions and for this number we have 10 contributions on a variety of subjects, including an ictiological valuation of the Coast Corridor of Yucatán, Mexico; the first record of bats predated by Leopardus pardalis on eastern Ecuador; the evaluation of the physical and nutritional properties of fruits of Acrocomia aculeata and activity patterns of populations of Eira barbara in Costa Rica and Colombia. In addition to Colombia include a report on the first nesting records of marine turtles at the upper Guajira; the first Chocoan record of a snake, genus Amastridium Cope; as well as the first Chocoan record of Miroculis Edmunds. We also have a study on bats associated with a restoration area at the upper Sinú River; and a report on population density and structure of groups of Alouatta seniculus at the buffer zone of the damp URRÁ I, Tierralta, Córdoba.
Finally, following the goal of publishing a species list of a Neotropical group in each number, we present the annotated check-list of Chocoan mammalian specimens deposited at the main scientific collections in the United States.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 5 No. 1 Ene-Jun (2015)
We celebrate another year of Biodiversidad Neotropical and this celebration is accompanied by new advances in coupling our porpoises of strengthening the journal as an effective mean of scientific dissemination of our knowledge on the Neotropical biota. In order to be consistent with the journal content and structure, we keep the sections: Botany, Zoology, Ecology, and Conservation and Management, that will be maintained in future numbers.
Additionally, we achieved our goal to match the international calendar of scientific journals, by producing our first number (January-June), at the beginning of the semester, not at the end it happened before.
As it is our tradition, we present a varied content that we hope will be enjoyed by our readers. This time, we include an evaluation of global climate models, produced by CMIP5 for northwestern South America. We have in our content a study on syndromes of diasporas dispersal in shrubs and tree species of three vegetation covers at the Natural Park Quininí in Colombia. Also from Colombia, we present the diet of a population of the frog Oophaga histrionica, from a dry enclave from the Valle del Cauca. In this number, we present the herpetofauna of the campus of the University of Magdalena in Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean. Herpetological studies in this number continue with a research on the selection of calling sites in the Neotropical frog Hypsiboas crepitans. Mammalogy is also represented in this number by a study of population density of giant anteaters in the Colombian Orinoquia at Pore, Casanare. The review of the application of Andean bear Conservation Program in Colombia; and from Costa Rica, we bring a study on the selection of leaves of Carludovica palmata as refugees for the tent making bat Dermanura watsoni at the Estación Biológica Piro, Península de Osa. In terms of biotechnology, we present the development of an in vitro propagation method for Musa acuminata (bocadillo plantain), based on in vitro culture of apical meristems.
In this number, we honored Yasiris Salas Tovar, a Chocoan young and passionate limnologist, who unfortunately passed away on October 2014. She left her foot print on the construction of this journal by publishing in our second number of the first volume her research on the perophyton and macroinvertebrate communities of the Pacurita River at the Colombian Chocó. We invite our readers to look at the in memorian we prepared for Yasiris in this number.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 4 No. 2 Jul-Dic (2014)
The journal Biodiversidad Neotropical celebrates its fourth year of activities with the edition of four volumes and eight numbers. Every day our project is more consolidated. In this number, we are glad to inform the scientific community about the inclusion of Biodiversidad Neotropical in the open access platform of electronic Latin American and Spanish scientific journals «e-revist@s». In order to provide more visibility to our contributors, we have applied to other index systems, and it is our goal to have the journal subscribed in many of them in the near future.
This number includes ten scientific articles, and that will be the minimum number of contributions we expect to have every semester. Continuing with our labor of documenting the biodiversity of the region, for this number we have the report of new records of species in the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae) for the northeastern portion of Colombia. It is important to mention that these species are threat by habitat fragmentation and are affected by the infection with the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidi at the reported localities in the Colombian department of Santander. On the same line of ideas, we report the first records of the long tail weasel Mustela frenata (Carnivora: Mustelidae) for the department of Quindío, in the Central Andes of Colombia; records that are accompanied by analyses on the conservation status of this carnivore
in the country, as well as comments on the importance of this finding in the context of the local knowledge of the species.
In this number our audience will find two population studies: 1) for Colombian population of Atelopus spurrelli at the PNN Utria, and 2) for the pimpano turtle (Chelydra acutirostris Peters 1862) (Chelydridae) at the Cajones and Los Coclí streams, at the Colombian department of Quindío.
Conservation is also represented in this number with three interesting studies at different scales: 1) a study on introduced plants in the wetlands and lakes of an area with a potential of adventure tourism; 2) the effect of human activity on the composition of aquatic macroinverteebrates; 3) the introduction of a regional conservation strategy for jaguar (Panthera onca).
Computational tools are applied to the understanding of Superficial Sea Pressure and Temperature on the climate variation in Colombia; and finally, biotechnology is represented in this number by a study on results on in vitro clonal propagation and rooting for pineapple (Ananas comosus).
We hope the information contained in this number will contribute to strength the research on tropical biology and conservation in our region.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 4 No. 1 Ene-Jun (2014)
As another step in our goal to consolidate the journal Biodiversidad Neotropical as a key mechanism of scientific communication of the Neotropical biota, we present to the scientific community our seventh number. The happiness that represents this new number, contrasts with the deep feelings caused by the loss of one of our editorial team members: Camilo Ernesto Rincón-López «Cami», a young and active scientist who dedicated his efforts to the understanding of the Neotropical fish fauna. We dedicate some pages of this volume to his memory (In memorian).
To honor people such as Camilo Rincón and José Ayarzaguena, who contributed to the creation of Biodiversidad Neotropical, we maintain our compromise to grow. On this line of ideas, we currently are in the process of indexation of the journal in other international index sites such as: Redalyc, Cab Abstracts, Dialnet, and SciELO. In addition, Biodiversidad Neotropical is now available at Google Scholar, an academic global search tool.
In accordance with our mission, for this number we present the description of a new species of Neotropical beetle in the genus Macrapsis from the Serranía de la Macarena, an independent mountain range in Colombia. We also document the first record of jaguar (Panthera onca) for the northern portion of the Colombian Biogeographic Chocó as product of samplings with camera traps; two new populations of howler monkeys are also introduce for the province of Huancabamba, Piura, in Perú; this number includes the list of reptiles and amphibians for the Reserva de Biósfera Ñacuñan (Argentina) and the list of anurans associated with the area of the Centro de Investigación Amazónica Macagual, Florencia, in the Colombian Amazon.
In this number the readers will find an evaluation of lichens as bioindicators of air quality in urban areas, highlighting the importance of this group of organisms as indicators of gradients of atmospheric contamination in non-industrialized urban centers. A group of researchers present an analysis of the relationship between body size and environmental conditions for Oophaga pumilio at the biological station La Selva, in Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. Finally, we present results of the isolation and identification of secondary metabolites present in Aciotis polystachya, with Quercetina and Kaemferol as newly reported metabolites for the species and the genus.
It is our desire for the reader to enjoy the variety of subjects in this number and we hope that the effort of our team in the construction of this number, as well as the In memorian of Camilo Rincón will be a fair tribute to the memory of our beloved colleague.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 3 No. 2 Jul-Dic (2013)
The journal Biodiversidad Neotropical celebrates its third year of publication and academic advance and growing. Besides being part of the Colciencias index, the journal also was included in Latindex, which constitutes the Regional System of On line Information for Scientific Journals in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Caribbean. We hope we can inform to our audience about other international processes of indexation and in that way to keep positioning our journal as an important scientific mean of dissemination of knowledge on the biodiversity of this portion of the planet.
One of our tasks as a scientific journal is to promote the distribution of information on biodiversity inventories in the region. In this number 46 lichens species are reported for the first time for the flora of Venezuela; as well as two species of Myxomycet fungi, Cribraria aurantiaca and Perichaena chrysosperma new to northeastern Argentina, and two hylid frogs Agalychnis psilopygion and Dendropsophus bogerti, new to the northern portion of the Biogeographic Chocó. It is also a great pleasure for us to inform to our audience about the beginning of the Colección de Mamíferos, Universidad del Quindío (CMUQ), which has a goal to document the mammalian biodiversity of the Central Andes of Colombia, one of the most interesting and biodiverse regions in the country. Scientist of the CMUQ document the first specimen of the collection corresponding to a vespertillionid bat Eptesicus chiriquinus. In the same way, we include the first Colombian publication on echolocation of a phyllostomid species, and a report of events of wild life accidents associated with energy lines in Colombia, contributing to the development of conservation strategies for the neotropical fauna.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 3 No. 1 Ene-Jun (2013)
We would like to start this number by acknowledging the labor of the group of researchers who have believe in the editorial process of Biodiversidad Neotropical and have contributed with their work to the establishment of the journal.
Since its first number, it has been our desire to make Biodiversidad Neotropical a leading publication, contributing with the diffusion of research on the Neotropical biota. It is our pleasure to inform our audience, that with this number we have reach the required editorial and scientific standards, as well as the visibility and accessibility determined by COLCIENCIAS (the agency in charge of the accreditation of scientific publications in Colombia) to be classified as a journal «Category C» in the national system of evaluation of scientific publications «Publindex».
Our goal is to keep growing, and improving our editorial work, to not only reach a higher category in the Publindex system, but to be part of the international system of indexation. As in previous numbers, we present contributions of a Latin American researchers from five countries, from NGO ́s, universities, and scientific centers in the region including: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, and México on a variety of aspects of the regional biodiversity.
This number starts with an interesting analysis that identifies the main conflicts that threats the diversity of aquatic mammals and mammals associated with aquatic systems on the Colombian Pacific Coast. It is followed by the evaluation of the conservation status of the jaguar and the white lipped peccary on western Ecuador. For Mexico, the perception about crocodiles by dwellers of two rural communities along the southeastern coast of Jalisco is assessed. We also present an evaluation of the population structure of the palm Ceroxylon quinduense on the Colombian Andes. Additionally, changes in biomass along a primary succession, after mining activity are studied in forests of the municipalities of Certegui and Unión Panamericana, in the Colombian department of Choco. Finally, distributional range extensions are reported for two amphibians in El Salvador.
In this way, Biodiversidad Neotropical advance in its establishment as an international journal, contributing to knowledge exchange «intercambio de saberes» among researchers, professors, student, administrators, promoters, and the general public, through the divulgation of scientific information on the biota of the region.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 2 No. 2 Jul-Dic (2012)
The Neotropical region, including the Caribbean, Central and South America with an approximate area of 20.55 million km2 has been recognized as one of the most diverse areas on the planet. With the aim of contributing with the documentation of the diversity of the region, we created Biodiversidad Neotropical, an inter- national scientific journal which with this number reaches its second continuous year of editorial work. From a first number of published papers focused only on Colombia, and particularly the Biogeographic Choco, its place of origin and an important center of biodiversity, this time we present a number which includes contributions from five Neotropical countries (Colombia, Cos- ta Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela), that summarize the activities of a number of Latin American authors from Universities, NGO’s, and research centers across our region.
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Vol. 2 No. 1 Ene-Jun (2012)
Biodiversidad Neotropical continues in its process of establishment nationally and inter- nationally. We already have implemented the electronic version of the journal at the Open Journal Systems (OJS), which is an on-line administrator of journals. The use of this system will reduce the timing of the editorial process and it will also provide a more efficient and unified management of the papers submitted; it is our desire to speed the editorial process and to facilitate the access and diffusion of the advances produce by research centers dedicated to the study of Neotropical diversity.
The electronic version of the journal has its own ISSN, allowing us to manage on-line publications independently from our physical numbers. This will also provide us with the opportunity to increase the number of manuscripts per number, a greater number of images, audios and/or vi- deos, as well as the chance of adding multimedia content of better quality.
In this second number, the reader will find a set of very interesting articles on Ecology, Zoology, and Neotropical Agroforestry, including: A macroecological analysis of the environmental continuity between Costa Rica and Colombia, explaining modern biogeographic patterns and the threats that exist in this important portion of the Neotropical region. We follow with an article evaluating fragmentation effects on ecological relationships and organization, as well as an evaluation of the status of knowledge in this field for Latin America.
Biodiversidad Neotropical continues contri- buting to the knowledge of biodiversity of the region, and in this number we introduce the first record of a bat species (Anoura aequatoris) for Bolivia, representing a significant extension in the distribution of this taxon.
In the same way, other authors share their results on the conservation biology of Neotropical fauna. Finally, there is an interesting research on germination and initial development of seeds of Abarco (Carinia- na pyriformis), as an alternative conservation strategy for this logging species. In this way we think we are walking in the right direction in order to make Biodiversidad Neotropical an obligated scientific reference for researchers, academicians as well as for the ge- neral public interested on the knowledge, mana- gement and conservation of the Neotropical biota. We hope you enjoy the content of this number of Biodiversidad Neotropical in the same way we enjoyed its preparation.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 1 No. 2 Jul-Dic (2011)
I am pleased to introduce the second number of Biodiversidad Neotropical, a journal created with the aim to disseminate results on biological and environmental research conducted in the tropics of the Americas. Since its beginnings, we envisioned that this journal should not only be a simple compilation of scientific contributions, but also a mechanism to promote social transformation, task that we consider unavoidable. It is our desire to make science and technology a useful tool to solve the problems of our people and to integrate them to the scientific and technological process. We believe this is the only way to succeed in our mission to promote investigation and education.
Is for this reason that this journal, its researchers and in particular the UTCH, as the editorial house of Biodiversidad Neotropical, put at the service of the entire community this journal in a free access format. We guarantee the information contained in the following pages is liable, appropriate, understandable, and product of research of great quality. It is also our intention to promote a professional, rigorous scientific dialogue among investigators in the region, as well as that informing the community about technological and scientific advances. This interaction will make possible that the herein published scientific innovations ultimately result in the improvement and implementation of actions that will contribute to wellbeing and better life quality for our societies.
This second number is also a contribution to the commemoration of 2011 as the international Year of the Forest, declared by the United Nations (UN), which pointed out on the importance of world forested areas to human sustainability, highlighting the need of better and more adequate forest management in order to stop deforestation and to mitigate the negative effects of climate change.
At first place we present the paper «Análisis so- bre el marco jurídico que regula el aprovechamiento forestal en Colombia», a contribution which inform the general audience about the current legal regulation that should be applied in every process that involves environmental risk for forested areas.
The rest of the papers contained in this number present important results in the areas of agroforestry, limnology, zoology and bacteriology.
We hope to continue with our editorial mission for many generations, and that the content of this journal will contribute in an effective way in the decision making process, contributing in this way to the preservation of the biological diversity contained in the different ecosystems of the Neotropics.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
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Vol. 1 No. 1 Ene-Jun (2011)
Journal Neotropical Biodiversity arises as part of the commemoration of International Year of Biodiversity, under the Regional Biodiversity Programme for Choco which is being implemented by the Technological University of Chocó Diego Luis Cordoba (Uch). This program was initiated in a project of the Uch fi-nanced by Colciencias. One objective was to build a baseline, in this first experience was a compilation of numerous studies that included scientific and gray literature, grouped by five regions of Chocó, with a descriptive summary of each book production. This compilation was not finally published. Then, in 2009, is a second attempt to complete the task slope and with the financial support of the project Local Environmental Manage-ment and production chains, developed at the time by the Uch and funded by the Dutch Agency for Nuffic , it starts the construction of the Baseline-do The Biodiversity Awareness of Chocó (BIOCHOCÓ). This line will integrate all the information that has occurred in the Choco in biodiversity at the level of genes, populations, species, communities and ecosystems also integrate biological records deposited in the different biological collections in the region, Colombia and the world, geo-referenced and indexed taxonomic-mind, will also include projects developed, publications, institutions, researchers and other in-training related. The journal Neotropical Biodiversity envisions biological disseminating research findings made within the tropics of America, hence its name, with a special section for the dissemination of the results of BIOCHOCÓ; in each issue will have at least one item to report list of species a group for Choco. In this first issue, there are inputs for the sound application of biotechnology in the Choco and results of basic research in the areas of zoology and botany. In this first issue, there are inputs for the sound application of biotechnology in the department of Chocó, as results of basic research in the areas of zoology and botany. While we present the magazine, we welcome and invite the scientific community interested in the knowledge of the neotropical biota to participate in this area of scientific dialogue we hope to continue printing the serial generation after generation and that the content of lines is taken into account when making decisions that may help maintain the rich biological diversity contained in the different ecosystems of the Neotropics. With this effort a reality, the Uch-sample of management for the social appropriation of knowledge and responds to its mission and vision in relation to biodiversity.
Alex Mauricio Jiménez-Ortega
Editor
