Páramo
Subtitle: an Andean ecosystem under human influence
By: edited by H. Balslev and J.L. Luteyn.
Contributors: Balslev, Henrik.; Luteyn, James L., 1948-
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London; San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Paramo ecology -- Andes Region -- Congresses.; Paramo ecology -- Latin America -- Congresses.; Paramo plants -- Andes Region -- Congresses.; Paramo plants -- Latin America -- Congresses.
Description: "Twenty papers resulting from a 1991 symposium in Denmark on the páramo ecosystem that extends from western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. Rather than adaptations to climate, as previously believed, these high-altitude grasslands are now clearly seen as artefacts of human intervention"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summaries also in Spanish.
Contributions from a symposium held at Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 1991.