Central Andean puna information

The Central Andean puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. The...

The Central Andean dry puna (NT1001) is an ecoregion in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome, located in the Andean Altiplano (high plateau) in...

The Central Andean wet puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. This ecoregion occurs above 3,500 metres...

Central Andean dry puna is a unique ecoregion with highly adapted flora and fauna. The southern region of the dry puna encompasses an even drier puna...

bounded by the Bolivian montane dry forests, and by the high-elevation Central Andean puna and High Monte grasslands to the west. This ecoregion has a subtropical...

the Southwest Amazon moist forests to the northeast and the Central Andean puna and wet puna to the southwest. The climate in this ecoregion varies from...

forests Montane grasslands and shrublands Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Deserts and xeric shrublands Atacama Desert...

Ucayali moist forests at lower elevations to the east and the Central Andean puna and wet puna at higher elevations to the west. The climate in this ecoregion...

elevation (montane and alpine) grasslands and shrublands, including the puna and páramo in South America, subalpine heath in New Guinea and East Africa...

provides the main access to the park. The park lies within the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion. Several species of animals and plants can be found in...

and High Monte to the east. To the north it transitions to the Central Andean dry puna and to the south the Patagonian steppe. This ecoregion has a cold...

shrublands Borders List Atacama Desert Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Cordillera Central páramo Peruvian Yungas Tumbes–Piura...

The Andean Volcanic Belt is a major volcanic belt along the Andean cordillera in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is formed as...

The Andes (/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain...

subspecies to the Andean flicker: the nominate C. r. rupicola (D'Orbigny, 1840), C. r. cinereicapillus (Reichenbach, 1854), and C. r. puna (Cabanis, 1883)...

zone was established to protect the flora and wild fauna of the Central Andean puna and to preserve the ruins of Tanqa Tanqa of the Lupaca culture shaped...

covers a total area of 740 square kilometres (290 sq mi) in the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion and consists of seven separate sections. The reserve...

areas of the ecoregion are found in contact with the Central Andean dry puna, Central Andean wet puna and Bolivian Yungas. The terrain is rugged, with cliffs...

Altiplano and Puna plateaux has been horizontally shortened since the Eocene. In southern Bolivia lithospheric shortening has made the Andean foreland basin...

Olivio, et al. (2007). "Seasonal distribution, abundance, and nesting of Puna, Andean, and Chilean flamingos." Condor109(2): 276-287. Bucher, E. 1992. "Population...

September 2002, it houses a representative sample of the Central Andean Puna and the Southern Andean steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation, as...

(2008), "Field trip guide: Neogene evolution of the central Andean Puna plateau and southern Central Volcanic Zone", GSA Field Guide 13: Field Trip Guides...

2008). "Field trip guide: Neogene evolution of the central Andean Puna plateau and southern Central Volcanic Zone". GSA Field Guide 13: Field Trip Guides...

Peruvian Yungas (Peru) Cordillera Central páramo (Peru) Central Andean wet puna (Bolivia, Peru) Central Andean puna (Bolivia, Peru) Bolivian Yungas (Bolivia...

Chaco Montane grasslands and shrublands Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna High Monte Southern Andean steppe Tropical and subtropical grasslands...

(Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth...