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Guía de plantas medicinales de la Amazonía boliviana
Guía de plantas medicinales de la Amazonía boliviana

Vos, V.A., J.A. Cortéz Vallejo & K. Rodríguez Párraga (Eds.) (2026). Guía de plantas medicinales de la Amazonía boliviana, primera sistematización de especies medicinales priorizadas por la Asociación Ancestral de Médicos Tradicionales (AAMT) de la Central Indígena de la Región Amazónica de Bolivia (CIRABO). Libro UABJB & AAMT-CIRABO, Riberalta, Bolivia.

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Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance
Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance

Artículo internacional: Tavares, J. V., Gloor, E., Silva, T. S., Oliveira, R. S., Coelho de Souza, F., Signori-Müller, C., ... & Galbraith, D. (2026). Family imprint reveals basin-wide patterns of Amazon forest embolism resistance. Nature communications 17 (7032)

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Rutas de aviturismo en la Cuenca Alta del Río Madera
Rutas de aviturismo en la Cuenca Alta del Río Madera

Gilarde-Olivar, J.C., V.A. Vos, A. León-Reyes, M. Arteaga & M. Nakashima. (2026). Rutas de aviturismo en la Cuenca Alta del Río Madera; una alternativa para el desarrollo económico de comunidades afectadas por hidroeléctricas. (En: Diálogos desde el Territorio: Investigación-Acción en la Amazonía Boliviana, pp. 42-56.)

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Tree diversity is changing across tropical Andean and Amazonian forests in response to global change.
Tree diversity is changing across tropical Andean and Amazonian forests in response to global change.

Fadrique, B., Costa, F., Cuesta, F., Arellano, G., Cayuela, L., Baker, T. R., ... & van der Meer, P. J. (2026). Tree diversity is changing across tropical Andean and Amazonian forests in response to global change. Nature ecology & evolution, 1-14.

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Las especies de plantas nativas de Bolivia amparadas por la CITES
Las especies de plantas nativas de Bolivia amparadas por la CITES

Araujo-Murakami, A., Klitgaard, B. B., Vos, V. A., Martinez-Ugarteche, M. T., Bevan, H., Plummer, J., ... & Pardo-Molina, G. (2025). Las especies de plantas nativas de Bolivia amparadas por la CITES: Avances en la implementación de la Convención e implicancias para el manejo y comercio forestal. Revista Forestal Tropical, 4(1), 3-52.

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Influencia del esparciamiento en el desarrollo de Ochroma pyramidale en la Amazonía boliviana
Influencia del esparciamiento en el desarrollo de Ochroma pyramidale en la Amazonía boliviana

Zonta, A., A. Hurtado-Lairana, E. Flores-Villanueva, M. Rodríguez-Ojopi, M. Camacho-Delgado & B. Paredes-Subirana, (2025). Influencia del esparciamiento en el desarrollo de Ochroma pyramidale en la Amazonía boliviana. Ecosistemas Científicos 2(2): 22-31.

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Biojoyas y biodiversidad utilitaria en la Amazonía boliviana: patrones de uso y sostenibilidad ambiental
Biojoyas y biodiversidad utilitaria en la Amazonía boliviana: patrones de uso y sostenibilidad ambiental

Vos, V.A. (2025). Biojoyas y biodiversidad utilitaria en la Amazonía boliviana: patrones de uso y sostenibilidad ambiental. Ecosistemas Científicos 2(2): 32-38.

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Estructura poblacional y potencial productivo de Attalea bassleriana en la Amazonía boliviana
Estructura poblacional y potencial productivo de Attalea bassleriana en la Amazonía boliviana

Luna-Divapuri, R. & A. Zonta. (2025). Estructura poblacional y potencial productivo de Attalea bassleriana en la Amazonía boliviana. Ecosistemas Científicos 2(2): 62-69.

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Land for whom? Justice, knowledge, and the transformation of food systems
Land for whom? Justice, knowledge, and the transformation of food systems

Zaehringer, J. G., Tribaldos, T., Jacobi, J., Borasino, E., & Llanque-Zonta, A. (2025). Land for whom? Justice, knowledge, and the transformation of food systems. Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, 3, 1-21

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Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests
Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests

McMichael, C. N., Bush, M. B., Ter Steege, H., Piperno, D. R., Gosling, W. D., Nascimento, M. N., ... & Alexiades, M. N. (2025). Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(47), e2514040122.

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Review of Erythrolamprus taeniogaster
Review of Erythrolamprus taeniogaster

Eversole, C. B., Rivas, L. R., Powell, R. L., Vos, V. A., & Layme, R. D. (2025). Review of Erythrolamprus taeniogaster (Jan, 1863)(Serpentes, Colubridae) specimens from Bolivia and report of the first record from the Department of Pando. Check List, 21(5), 784-788.

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Inteligencia de negocios en la gestión financiera de gobiernos municipales; un análisis biométrico
Inteligencia de negocios en la gestión financiera de gobiernos municipales; un análisis biométrico

Guzman Mamani, J. (2025). Inteligencia de negocios en la gestión financiera de gobiernos municipales; un análisis biométrico. Ecosistemas Científicos 2(1): 60-73.

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Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests
Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests

Sullivan, M. J., Phillips, O. L., Galbraith, D., Almeida, E., de Oliveira, E. A., Almeida, J., ... & Souza, R. (2025). Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests. Nature Communications, 16(1), 1-12.

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Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Díaz, S., Rifai, S. W., Corral-Rivas, J. J., Nava-Miranda, M. G., González-M, R., ... & Malhi, Y. (2025). Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change. Science, 387(6738), eadl5414.

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Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests
Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests

Ter Steege, H., Poorter, L., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Fortunel, C., Magnusson, W. E., Phillips, O. L., ... & Dexter, K. G. (2025). Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests. Communications Biology, 8(1), 355.

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Enact reforms to protect Bolivia’s forests from fire.
Enact reforms to protect Bolivia’s forests from fire.

He, Y., Czaplicki Cabezas, S., Maillard, O., Müller, R., Romero-Muñoz, A., Romero Pimentel, L. F., ... & Vos, V. A. (2025). Enact reforms to protect Bolivia’s forests from fire. Science, 387(6731), 255-255.

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Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa
Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa

Sánchez-Martínez, P., Dexter, K., Draper, F., Baraloto, C., Iêda, A., Coelho, L. D. S., ... & Von Hildebrand, P. (2024). Phylogenetic conservatism in the relationship between functional and demographic characteristics in Amazon tree taxa. Functional Ecology39(1), 181-198.

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Guía de árboles ornamentales de la Amazonía boliviana
Guía de árboles ornamentales de la Amazonía boliviana

Vos, V.A., E. Flores-Villanueva, G. Pardo-Molina, A. Justiniano-Dorado, L. Medina-Alípaz. (2024). Guía de árboles ornamentales de la Amazonía boliviana. Libro de CIF & IIFA-UABJB, Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia.

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The pace of life for forest trees
The pace of life for forest trees

Bialic-Murphy, L., McElderry, R. M., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., van den Hoogen, J., Zuidema, P. A., Phillips, O. L., ... & Crowther, T. W. (2024). The pace of life for forest trees. Science, 386(6717), 92-98.

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The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora. Communications biology
The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora. Communications biology

Luize, B. G., Tuomisto, H., Ekelschot, R., Dexter, K. G., Amaral, I. L. D., Coelho, L. D. S., ... & Hilário, R. R. (2024). The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora. Communications biology, 7(1), 1240.

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Disentangling gender and social difference for just and transformative biocultural approaches
Disentangling gender and social difference for just and transformative biocultural approaches

Díaz‐Reviriego, I., Torralba, M., Vizuete, B., Ortiz‐Przychodzka, S., Pearson, J., Heindorf, C., ... & Oteros‐Rozas, E. (2024). Disentangling gender and social difference for just and transformative biocultural approaches. People and Nature, 6(4), 1394-1406.

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Second record of a Marbled Treefrog, in the diet of the Banded Cat-eyed Snake
Second record of a Marbled Treefrog, in the diet of the Banded Cat-eyed Snake

Rivas, L. R., Eversole, C. B., Powell, R. L., & Vos, V. A. (2024). Second record of a Marbled Treefrog, Dendropsophus marmoratus Laurenti 1768 (Anura: Hylidae), in the diet of the Banded Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Colubridae), in the Bolivian Amazon. Reptiles & Amphibians, 31(1), e22329-e22329.

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One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains
One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains

Householder, J. E., Wittmann, F., Schöngart, J., Piedade, M. T. F., Junk, W. J., Latrubesse, E. M., ... & Chave, J. (2024). One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains. Nature ecology & evolution, 8(5), 901-911.

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Oxyrhopus melanogenys, injury.
Oxyrhopus melanogenys, injury.

Eversole, C.B., R.L. Powell, L.R. Rivas & V.A. Vos. (2024). Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Black-headed Callico Snake), injury. Herpetological Review, 55(1), p. 123.

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Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities
Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities

Luize, B. G., Bauman, D., ter Steege, H., Palma‐Silva, C., Do Amaral, I. L., de Souza Coelho, L., ... & Rivas‐Torres, G. (2024). Geography and ecology shape the phylogenetic composition of Amazonian tree communities. Journal of Biogeography. 10.1111/jbi.14816

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Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Diet
Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Diet

Eversole, C.B., Powel, R.L., Rivas, L.R., Vos, V.A. & García-Soliz, V.H. (2024). Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 54 (3): 495-496.

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Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities

Cooper, D. L., Lewis, S. L., Sullivan, M. J., Prado, P. I., Ter Steege, H., Barbier, N., ... & Irume, M. V. (2024). Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities. Nature, 1-10.

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Diálogo de saberes y conocimientos tradicionales asociados a la diversidad biológica
Diálogo de saberes y conocimientos tradicionales asociados a la diversidad biológica

Cartagena, P., et al. (2023). Capítulo 4: Diálogo de saberes y conocimientos tradicionales asociados a la diversidad biológica. En Evaluación rápida de la diversidad biológica y servicios ecosistémicos en la región amazónica. OTCA.

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Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora
Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora

Ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C., Do Amaral, I. L., de Souza Coelho, L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., ... & Hilário, R. R. (2023). Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora. Communications biology, 6(1), 1130.

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More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia
More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia

Peripato, V., Levis, C., Moreira, G. A., Gamerman, D., Ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C., ... & Vos, V. A. (2023). More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia. Science, 382(6666), 103-109.

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First report of hypomelanism in Anilius scytale from the Bolivian Amazon
First report of hypomelanism in Anilius scytale from the Bolivian Amazon

Rivas L., T. R., Vos, V. A., Eversole, C. B., Powell, R., & Layme, R. D. (2023). First report of hypomelanism in Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758)(Squamata: Aniliidae) from the Bolivian Amazon. Herpetology Notes, 16, 493-495.

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An assessment of soil phytolith analysis as a palaeoecological tool for identifying pre-Columbian land use in Amazonian rainforests
An assessment of soil phytolith analysis as a palaeoecological tool for identifying pre-Columbian land use in Amazonian rainforests

Hill et al. (2023). An assessment of soil phytolith analysis as a palaeoecological tool for identifying pre-Columbian land use in Amazonian rainforests. Quaternary, 6(2), 33.

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Nuevos registros de Amphisbaena fuliginosa para la Amazonia Boliviana
Nuevos registros de Amphisbaena fuliginosa para la Amazonia Boliviana

Rivas, Vos & Layme. (2023). Nuevos registros de Amphisbaena fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) para la Amazonia Boliviana y primer registro para el departamento del Beni. Cuadernos de Herpetología. 2023

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Two cases of ophiophagia by Clelia clelia
Two cases of ophiophagia by Clelia clelia

Rivas, et al. (2023). Two cases of ophiophagia by Clelia clelia,(Daudin 1803)(Squamata: Colubridae), from the Bolivian Amazon and a list of snake species recorded as prey. Reptiles & Amphibians, 30(1), e18440-e18440.

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Differing local‐scale responses of Bolivian Amazon forest ecotones to middle Holocene drought based upon multiproxy soil data
Differing local‐scale responses of Bolivian Amazon forest ecotones to middle Holocene drought based upon multiproxy soil data

Hill, et al. (2023). Differing local‐scale responses of Bolivian Amazon forest ecotones to middle Holocene drought based upon multiproxy soil data. Journal of Quaternary Science. 2023

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Anurophagy by the Brown-banded Watersnake, Helicops angulatus
Anurophagy by the Brown-banded Watersnake, Helicops angulatus

Acosta-Ortiz & Vos. (2023). Anurophagy by the Brown-banded Watersnake, Helicops angulatus (Serpentes: Colubridae): A review with new records. Reptiles & Amphibians, 30(1), e18435-e18435.

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Predation on the toad Rhinella major by Schneider's Smooth-fronted Caiman,
Predation on the toad Rhinella major by Schneider's Smooth-fronted Caiman,

Rivas, L., Vos, V., Eversole, C., & Powell, R. (2023). Predation on the toad Rhinella major (Anura: Bufonidae) by Schneider's Smooth-fronted Caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in the Bolivian Amazon. Herpetology Notes, 16, 17-19.

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Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy
Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy

Pos, E., de Souza Coelho, L., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R. P., Amaral, I. L., de Almeida Matos, F. D., ... & Gonzales, G. P. G. (2023). Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 2859.

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Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates
Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates

Correa, et al. (2023). Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates. Global ecology and biogeography, 32(1), 49-69.

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Local hydrological conditions influence tree diversity and composition across the Amazon basin
Local hydrological conditions influence tree diversity and composition across the Amazon basin

Marca‐Zevallos, et al. (2022). Local hydrological conditions influence tree diversity and composition across the Amazon basin. Ecography, 2022(11), e06125.

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Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests
Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests

Sousa, T. R., Schietti, J., Ribeiro, I. O., Emílio, T., Fernández, R. H., Ter Steege, H., ... & Costa, F. R. (2022). Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests. Global ecology and biogeography, 31(8), 1571-1588.

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Estimation and modeling of the spatial distribution of aerial plant biomass for Bolivia.
Estimation and modeling of the spatial distribution of aerial plant biomass for Bolivia.

Villarroel, et al. (2022). Estimation and modeling of the spatial distribution of aerial plant biomass for Bolivia. Ecología en Bolivia, 57(1), 5-18.

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The number of tree species on Earth
The number of tree species on Earth

Cazzolla Gatti, et al. (2022). The number of tree species on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(6), e2115329119.

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Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

Blundo, et al. (2021). Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots. Biological Conservation, 108849

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Amazon tree dominance across forest strata
Amazon tree dominance across forest strata

Draper, et al. (2021). Amazon tree dominance across forest strata. Nature ecology & evolution, 5(6), 757-767.

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The Maximum Entropy Formalism of statistical mechanics in a biological application
The Maximum Entropy Formalism of statistical mechanics in a biological application

Pos, et al. (2021). The Maximum Entropy Formalism of statistical mechanics in a biological application: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology. bioRxiv, 2021.

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Composición florística del bosque amazónico de tierra firme del sector Alto Madera, Bolivia
Composición florística del bosque amazónico de tierra firme del sector Alto Madera, Bolivia

Pardo-Molina, et al. (2020). Composición florística del bosque amazónico de tierra firme del sector Alto Madera, Bolivia. Ecología en Bolivia, 55(2), Pp. 111-126

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Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora
Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora

Ter Steege, et al. (2020). Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-13.

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Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests
Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

Sullivan, et al. (2020). Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests. Science, 368(6493), 869-874.

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Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality,...
Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality,...

Rozendaal, et al. (2020). Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa. Ecology, 101(7), e03052

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