Interdisciplinary knowledge is necessary to achieve sustainable management of natural
resources. However, research is still often developed in an exclusively disciplinary manner …

High-elevation grasslands worldwide provide essential hydrological services including
water provision, flow regulation, and erosion control. Despite their importance, hydrological …

Hydrograph separation assessment is crucial to understand stormflow generation at
catchments worldwide. Tracer-based methods provide robust estimations of event (or new) …

Polylepis trees grow at elevations above the continuous tree line (3000–5000 m asl) across
the Andes. They tolerate extreme environmental conditions, making them sensitive …

Traditional hydrometric data combined with environmental tracers such as water stable
isotopes contributes to improve the understanding of catchment hydrology. Nevertheless …

As a consequence of the remote location of the Andean páramo, knowledge on their
hydrologic functioning is limited; notwithstanding, these alpine tundra ecosystems act as …

In the tropical Andes, the páramo ecosystem is known as water towers and the main water
supplier for the cities of the Andean region. Nevertheless, considering that …

Land use impacts on soil water content (SWC) are scarcely studied in mountain humid
ecosystems, such as the Andean páramos, despite its influence on ecohydrological …

La evapotranspiración de referencia (ETo) es un dato clave en estudios hidrológicos,
ecohidrológicos y biometeorológicos, donde se la vincula con el cierre del balance …

Esta publicación fue apoyada con financiamiento del Instituto Biosfera USFQ y el programa
Conservando nuestras fuentes de agua: los páramos de Ecuador (Iniciativa Páramos), una …