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• 2016

  Impact of urban contamination of the La Paz River basin on thermotolerant coliform density and occurrence of multiple antibiotic resistant enteric pathogens in river water, irrigated soil and fresh vegetables

  Poma, V., Mamani, N. & Iñiguez, V., 1 Dec 2016, In: SpringerPlus. 5, 1, 499.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  16 Scopus citations

• Impacts of brown carbon from biomass burning on surface UV and ozone photochemistry in the Amazon Basin

  Mok, J., Krotkov, N. A., Arola, A., Torres, O., Jethva, H., Andrade, M., Labow, G., Eck, T. F., Li, Z., Dickerson, R. R., Stenchikov, G. L., Osipov, S. & Ren, X., 11 Nov 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 36940.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  75 Scopus citations

• Impacts on Well-Being and Health by Excessive Rainfall and Floods in Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia

  Nagy, G. J., Coronel, G., Pastén, M., Báez, J., Monte-Domecq, R., Galeano-Rojas, A., Flores, L., Ciganda, C., Bidegain, M., Aparicio-Effen, M. & Arana, I., 2016, Climate Change Management. Springer, p. 475-514 40 p. (Climate Change Management).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  8 Scopus citations

• Introducing Hydro-Climatic Extremes and Human Impacts in Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay

  Aparicio-Effen, M., Arana, I., Aparicio, J., Cortez, P., Coronel, G., Pastén, M., Nagy, G. J., Galeano Rojas, A., Flores, L. & Bidegain, M., 2016, Climate Change Management. Springer, p. 449-473 25 p. (Climate Change Management).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  13 Scopus citations

• Latin American Lidar Network (LALINET) for aerosol research: Diagnosis on network instrumentation

  Guerrero-Rascado, J. L., Landulfo, E., Antuña, J. C., de Melo Jorge Barbosa, H., Barja, B., Bastidas, Á. E., Bedoya, A. E., da Costa, R. F., Estevan, R., Forno, R., Gouveia, D. A., Jiménez, C., Larroza, E. G., da Silva Lopes, F. J., Montilla-Rosero, E., de Arruda Moreira, G., Nakaema, W. M., Nisperuza, D., Alegria, D., Múnera, M., & 10 othersOtero, L., Papandrea, S., Pallota, J. V., Pawelko, E., Quel, E. J., Ristori, P., Rodrigues, P. F., Salvador, J., Sánchez, M. F. & Silva, A., 1 Feb 2016, In: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 138-139, p. 112-120 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  39 Scopus citations

• Local knowledge about palms (Arecaceae) among children in Bolivia

  Blacutt-Rivero, E., Moraes R., M., Gruca, M. & Balslev, H., 1 Oct 2016, In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182, 2, p. 505-516 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  6 Scopus citations

• Low total mercury in Caiman yacare (Alligatoridae) as compared to carnivorous, and non-carnivorous fish consumed by Amazonian indigenous communities

  Rivera, S. J., Pacheco, L. F., Achá, D., Molina, C. I. & Miranda-Chumacero, G., 1 Nov 2016, In: Environmental Pollution. 218, p. 366-371 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  12 Scopus citations

• New microsatellite markers for two sympatric tinamou species, the Ornate Tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata) and Darwin's Nothura (Nothura darwinii)

  Deck, L. M. G., Habel, J. C., Curto, M., Husemann, M., Sturm, S., Garitano-Zavala, Á. & Meimberg, H., Sep 2016, In: Avian Biology Research. 9, 3, p. 139-146 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations

• New native South American Y chromosome lineages

  Jota, M. S., Lacerda, D. R., Sandoval, J. R., Vieira, P. P. R., Ohasi, D., Santos-Jnior, J. E., Acosta, O., Cuellar, C., Revollo, S., Paz-y-Mi'o, C., Fujita, R., Vallejo, G. A., Schurr, T. G., Tarazona-Santos, E. M., Pena, S. D. J., Ayub, Q., Tyler-Smith, C. & Santos, F. R., 1 Jul 2016, In: Journal of Human Genetics. 61, 7, p. 593-603 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  20 Scopus citations

• Nonlinear behavior of the tarka flute's distinctive sounds

  Gérard, A., Yapu-Quispe, L., Sakuma, S., Ghezzi, F. & Ramírez Ávila, G. M., 1 Sep 2016, In: Chaos. 26, 9, 093114.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• On triatomines, cockroaches and haemolymphagy under laboratory conditions: New discoveries

  Durán, P., Siñani, E. & Depickère, S., Oct 2016, In: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 111, 10, p. 605-613 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  12 Scopus citations

• Performance of pre-hispanic irrigation systems in the Andean region of Bolivia

  Chipana Rivera, R., Moreno-Pérez, M. F., Velasco, R. C. & Roldán-Cañas, J., 31 May 2016, In: Agricultural Water Management. 170, p. 180-188 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Scopus citations

• Perspectives on the Global Disparity in Ecological Science

  Livingston, G., Waring, B., Pacheco, L. F., Buchori, D., Jiang, Y., Gilbert, L. & Jha, S., 1 Feb 2016, In: BioScience. 66, 2, p. 147-155 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  18 Scopus citations

• Predictors of inflammation in a cohort of bolivian infants and toddlers

  Burke, R. M., Suchdev, P. S., Rebolledo, P. A., De Aceituno, A. M. F., Revollo, R., Iñiguez, V., Klein, M., Drews-Botsch, C. & Leon, J. S., Oct 2016, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 95, 4, p. 954-963 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  7 Scopus citations

• Prenylated Acylphloroglucinols with Leishmanicidal Activity from the Fern Elaphoglossum lindbergii

  Socolsky, C., Salamanca, E., Giménez, A., Borkosky, S. A. & Bardón, A., 22 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Natural Products. 79, 1, p. 98-105 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  9 Scopus citations

• Reduced melt on debris-covered glaciers: Investigations from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal

  Vincent, C., Wagnon, P., Shea, J. M., Immerzeel, W. W., Kraaijenbrink, P., Shrestha, D., Soruco, A., Arnaud, Y., Brun, F., Berthier, E. & Sherpa, S. F., 22 Aug 2016, In: Cryosphere. 10, 4, p. 1845-1858 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  88 Scopus citations

• Role of hydrological studies for the development of the TDPS system

  Canedo, C., Zolá, R. P. & Berndtsson, R., 2016, In: Water (Switzerland). 8, 4, 144.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access
  10 Scopus citations

• Seesaw drift of bright solitons of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a periodic potential

  Castro, C. J. & Urzagasti Guerrero, D. A. U. G., 1 Sep 2016, In: Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials. 25, 3, 1650038.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Scopus citations

• Simultaneous Observation of Solar Neutrons from the International Space Station and High Mountain Observatories in Association with a Flare on July 8, 2014

  Muraki, Y., Lopez, D., Koga, K., Kakimoto, F., Goka, T., González, L. X., Masuda, S., Matsubara, Y., Matsumoto, H., Miranda, P., Okudaira, O., Obara, T., Salinas, J., Sako, T., Shibata, S., Ticona, R., Tsunesada, Y., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Watanabe, K. & Yamamoto, T., 1 Apr 2016, In: Solar Physics. 291, 4, p. 1241-1265 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  10 Scopus citations

• Sleep-disordered breathing and vascular function in patients with chronic mountain sickness and healthy high-altitude dwellers

  Rexhaj, E., Rimoldi, S. F., Pratali, L., Brenner, R., Andries, D., Soria, R., Salinas, C., Villena, M., Romero, C., Allemann, Y., Lovis, A., Heinzer, R., Sartori, C. & Scherrer, U., Apr 2016, In: Chest. 149, 4, p. 991-998 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  20 Scopus citations

• Soliton interaction and further merging in normal-dispersion fiber lasers modeled with the cubic-quintic CGLE

  Urzagasti, D., 30 Dec 2016, In: International Journal of Modern Physics B. 30, 32, 16502313.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Scopus citations

• Synchronization conditions of coupled maps using periodicities

  Bustos-Espinoza, R. O. E. & Ramírez Ávila, G. M., 1 Nov 2016, In: European Physical Journal: Special Topics. 225, 13-14, p. 2697-2705 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Synergistic effects of mining and urban effluents on the level and distribution of methylmercury in a shallow aquatic ecosystem of the Bolivian Altiplano

  Alanoca, L., Guédron, S., Amouroux, D., Audry, S., Monperrus, M., Tessier, E., Goix, S., Achá Cordero, D., Seyler, P. & Point, D., Dec 2016, In: Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts. 18, 12, p. 1550-1560 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  12 Scopus citations

• Syngas conversion to ethanol over a mesoporous Cu/MCM-41 catalyst: Effect of K and Fe promoters

  Lopez, L., Montes, V., Kušar, H., Cabrera, S., Boutonnet, M. & Järås, S., 25 Sep 2016, In: Applied Catalysis A: General. 526, p. 77-83 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  17 Scopus citations

• Synthesis of zeolite y from diatomite as silica source

  Garcia, G., Cardenas, E., Cabrera, S., Hedlund, J. & Mouzon, J., 11 Aug 2016, In: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 219, p. 29-37 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  59 Scopus citations

• The effect of baking and enzymatic treatment on the structural properties of wheat starch

  Fuentes, C., Zielke, C., Prakash, M., Kumar, P., Peñarrieta Loria, J. M., Eliasson, A. C. & Nilsson, L., 15 Dec 2016, In: Food Chemistry. 213, p. 768-774 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  17 Scopus citations

• Tweaking synchronization by connectivity modifications

  Schultz, P., Peron, T., Eroglu, D., Stemler, T., Ramírez Ávila, G. M., Rodrigues, F. A. & Kurths, J., 10 Jun 2016, In: Physical Review E. 93, 6, 062211.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  7 Scopus citations

• Unexpectedly high beta-diversity of root-associated fungal communities in the Bolivian Andes

  Barnes, C. J., Maldonado, C., Frøslev, T. G., Antonelli, A. & Rønsted, N., 31 Aug 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, AUG, 1377.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  22 Scopus citations

• Unraveling the primary mechanisms leading to synchronization response in dissimilar oscillators

  Ramírez-Ávila, G. M. & Kurths, J., 1 Nov 2016, In: European Physical Journal: Special Topics. 225, 13-14, p. 2487-2506 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Validación de modelo de garantía de calidad en educación virtual para Comunidades Indígenas

  Translated title of the contribution: Validation of quality assurance model in virtual education for indigenous communitiesDolz, F. C., Cuarita, L. G. & Tovar, E., 2016, CICIC 2016 - Sexta Conferencia Iberoamericana de Complejidad, Informatica y Cibernetica, Memorias. Sanchez, B., Tremante, A., Callaos, N. C., Ruiz Ledesma, E. F. & Guimaraes, A. (eds.). International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, IIIS, p. 146-151 6 p. (CICIC 2016 - Sexta Conferencia Iberoamericana de Complejidad, Informatica y Cibernetica, Memorias).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  1 Scopus citations

• Vegetation of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park and its surrounding matrix in the Coastal Desert of north-central Chile

  Squeo, F. A., Loayza, A. P., López, R. P. & Gutiérrez, J. R., 1 Mar 2016, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 126, p. 12-22 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  14 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Accuracy assessment of SRTM v4 and ASTER GDEM v2 over the Altiplano watershed using ICESat/GLAS data

  Satgé, F., Bonnet, M. P., Timouk, F., Calmant, S., Pillco, R., Molina, J., Lavado-Casimiro, W., Arsen, A., Crétaux, J. F. & Garnier, J., 17 Jan 2015, In: International Journal of Remote Sensing. 36, 2, p. 465-488 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  79 Scopus citations

• Agroecological and Agronomic Cultural Practices of Quinoa in South America

  Garcia Cárdenas, M., Condori, B. & Del Castillo, C., 6 Jul 2015, Quinoa: Improvement and Sustainable Production. wiley, p. 25-45 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  15 Scopus citations

• Analysis of background cosmic ray rate in the 2010-2012 period from the LAGO-chacaltaya detectors

  Asorey, H., Miranda Loza, P., Núñez-Castiñeyra, A., Núñez, L. A., Salinas, J., Sarmiento-Cano, C., Ticona Peralta, R. & Velarde, A., 2015, In: Proceedings of Science. 30-July-2015, 414.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  3 Scopus citations

• Andean bird responses to human disturbances along an elevational gradient

  Montaño-Centellas, F. A. & Garitano-Zavala, Á., 1 May 2015, In: Acta Oecologica. 65-66, p. 51-60 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  15 Scopus citations

• An Efficient, Robust, and Inexpensive Grinding Device for Herbal Samples Like Cinchona Bark

  Hansen, S. H., Holmfred, E., Cornett, C., Maldonado, C. & Rønsted, N., 2015, In: Scientia Pharmaceutica. 83, 2, p. 369-376 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  5 Scopus citations

• Arsenic and other trace elements in thermal springs and in cold waters from drinking water wells on the Bolivian Altiplano

  Ormachea Muñoz, M., Bhattacharya, P., Sracek, O., Ramos Ramos, O., Quintanilla Aguirre, J., Bundschuh, J. & Maity, J. P., 1 Jul 2015, In: Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 60, p. 10-20 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  39 Scopus citations

• A semi-quantitative approach for modelling crop response to soil fertility: Evaluation of the AquaCrop procedure

  Van Gaelen, H., Tsegay, A., Delbecque, N., Shrestha, N., Garcia, M., Fajardo, H., Miranda, R., Vanuytrecht, E., Abrha, B., Diels, J. & Raes, D., 6 Sep 2015, In: Journal of Agricultural Science. 153, 7, p. 1218-1233 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  27 Scopus citations

• Bracken fern facilitates tree seedling recruitment in tropical fire-degraded habitats

  Gallegos, S. C., Hensen, I., Saavedra, F. & Schleuning, M., 1 Feb 2015, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 337, p. 135-143 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  21 Scopus citations

• Catalytic conversion of biomass-derived synthesis gas to fuels

  París, R. S., Lopez, L., Barrientos, J., Pardo, F., Boutonneta, M. & Järås, S., 19 Feb 2015, Catalysis. Spivey, J. J., Han, Y-F. & Dooley, K. M. (eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, p. 62-143 82 p. (Catalysis; vol. 27).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  16 Scopus citations

• Catalytic partial oxidation of methane over nickel and ruthenium based catalysts under low O₂/CH₄ ratios and with addition of steam

  Velasco, J. A., Fernandez, C., Lopez, L., Cabrera, S., Boutonnet, M. & Järås, S., 1 Aug 2015, In: Fuel. 153, p. 192-201 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  36 Scopus citations

• Challenges and opportunities for the Bolivian Biodiversity Observation Network

  Fernández, M., Navarro, L. M., Apaza-Quevedo, A., Gallegos, S. C., Marques, A., Zambrana-Torrelio, C., Wolf, F., Hamilton, H., Aguilar-Kirigin, A. J., Aguirre, L. F., Alvear, M., Aparicio, J., Apaza-Vargas, L., Arellano, G., Armijo, E., Ascarrunz, N., Barrera, S., Beck, S. G., Cabrera-Condarco, H., Campos-Villanueva, C., & 29 othersCayola, L., Flores-Saldana, N. P., Fuentes, A. F., García-Lino, M. C., Gómez, M. I., Higueras, Y. S., Kessler, M., Ledezma, J. C., Limachi, J. M., López, R. P., Loza, M. I., Macía, M. J., Meneses, R. I., Miranda, T. B., Miranda-Calle, A. B., Molina-Rodriguez, R. F., Moraes R, M., Moya-Diaz, M. I., Ocampo, M., Perotto-Baldivieso, H. L., Plata, O., Reichle, S., Rivero, K., Seidel, R., Soria, L., Terán, M. F., Toledo, M., Zenteno-Ruiz, F. S. & Pereira, H. M., 3 Jul 2015, In: Biodiversity. 16, 2-3, p. 86-98 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  7 Scopus citations

• Comment on "record solar UV irradiance in the tropical Andes, by Cabrol et al."

  McKenzie, R. L., Bernhard, G., Madronich, S. & Zaratti, F., 30 Apr 2015, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 3, APR, 26.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

  Open Access
  13 Scopus citations

• Continental-scale analysis reveals deep diversification within the polytypic Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica, Cardinalidae)

  Lavinia, P. D., Escalante, P., García, N. C., Barreira, A. S., Trujillo-Arias, N., Tubaro, P. L., Naoki, K., Miyaki, C. Y., Santos, F. R. & Lijtmaer, D. A., 1 Aug 2015, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89, p. 182-193 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  18 Scopus citations

• Contribution of glacier runoff to water resources of La Paz city, Bolivia (16° S)

  Soruco, A., Vincent, C., Rabatel, A., Francou, B., Thibert, E., Sicart, J. E. & Condom, T., 2015, In: Annals of Glaciology. 56, 70, p. 147-154 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  61 Scopus citations

• Cow, sheep and llama manure at psychrophilic anaerobic co-digestion with low cost tubular digesters in cold climate and high altitude

  Martí-Herrero, J., Alvarez Apaza, R., Cespedes, R., Rojas, M. R., Conde, V., Aliaga, L., Balboa, M. & Danov, S., 1 Apr 2015, In: Bioresource Technology. 181, p. 238-246 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  28 Scopus citations

• Deforested habitats lack seeds of late-successional and large-seeded plant species in tropical montane forests

  Saavedra, F., Hensen, I. & Schleuning, M., 1 Oct 2015, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 18, 4, p. 603-612 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  11 Scopus citations

• Description and evaluation of zigzag furrow irrigation in the inter-Andean Valleys of Bolivia

  Roldán-Cañas, J., Chipana, R., Moreno-Pérez, M. F. & Chipana, G., 1 Nov 2015, In: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering - ASCE. 141, 11, 04015019.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Scopus citations

• Detecting natural hybridization between two vulnerable Andean pupfishes (Orestias agassizii and O. luteus) representative of the Altiplano endemic fisheries

  Esquer-Garrigos, Y., Hugueny, B., Ibañez, C., Zepita, C., Koerner, K., Lambourdière, J., Couloux, A. & Gaubert, P., 1 Jun 2015, In: Conservation Genetics. 16, 3, p. 717-727 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Scopus citations

• Divergent physiological responses in laboratory rats and mice raised at high altitude

  Jochmans-Lemoine, A., Villalpando, G., Gonzales, M., Valverde, I., Soria, R. & Joseph, V., 1 Apr 2015, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 218, 7, p. 1035-1043 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  25 Scopus citations