6 articles in this issue
Jesús Gómez-Velázquez,Alfonso Vásquez-López,Juan Regino-Maldonado,Silvia N. Jurado-Celis
The concept of sustainability aims to integrate diverse aspects of human needs through the analysis of the environmental, social, and economic dimensions. Although there is a marked consensus on the concept of sustainability, there are local conditions th... see more
Sonia Pereira-Crespo,Adrián Botana,Marcos Veiga,Laura González,César Resch,Roberto Lorenzana,María del Pilar Martínez-Diz,Dalia Andrea Plata-Reyes,Gonzalo Flores-Calvete
This technical note sought to examine the ability of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict the chemical content and organic matter digestibility (OMD) of whole plants and the morphological components of forage sunflower. Empirical model... see more
José Igor Silva Praça Igor Silva Praça,Bruna Firmino Enck,Milton Cesar Costa Campos,Marcos Gervasio Pereira,Fernando Gomes Souza,Bruno Campos Mantovanelli,Elilson Gomes Brito Filho,Laercio Santos Silva,Jose Mauricio Cunha
Soil organic carbon (OC) is heterogeneous and sensitive to agricultural management, so knowledge of its spatial variability can improve the monitoring of areas under anthropogenic influence, as OC can serve as a sensitive indicator of changes in the envir... see more
Nicolás Fuentes-Allende,Claudio S Quilodrán,Andrés Jofré,Benito A González
Human activities associated with roads are frequently perceived to be negative for ungulates in arid environments because they may affect the use of feeding areas. Here, we focused on the behavior of vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), which feeds in four different... see more
Flavia Schiappacasse Canepa,Paola Yáñez,Patricio Peñailillo,Enrique Misle
The geophyte Conanthera bifolia is endemic to Chile and belongs to the family Tecophilaeaceae. When in flower, the plant produces an inflorescence with blue florets. Conanthera plants arise from underground structures called corms; these have been reporte... see more
Edmundo Bordeu,Lorena Macarena Villalobos,Natalia Brossard
Sulfur dioxide is widely used in most wines around the world. The determination of free SO2 is probably the most frequently conducted analysis in the wine industry used to assure wine conservation. The most frequently used methods of analysis are the aera... see more