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Facing Up to the Challenge of Interdisciplinary Research in the Gran Sabana (Venezuela)

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  1. Departamento de Estudios de la Ciencia, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela

    Iokiñe Rodríguez & Hebe Vessuri

  2. Laboratorio de Dinámica de Comunidades y Procesos Ecológicos (LABPROECO), Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela

    Alejandra Leal & Bibiana Bilbao

  3. Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CENDES), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

    Isabelle Sánchez-Rose

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The authors of this response are part of a multidisciplinary team of professionals in the areas of ecology, sociology, anthropology, mathematics, geography, agricultural and forestry engineering, working since 2007 on the project Factores de riesgo en la reducción de habitats en el Parque Nacional Canaima: vulnerabilidad y herramientas para el desarrollo sostenible (hereafter Proyecto Riesgo) developed by: Laboratorio de Dinámica de Comunidades y Procesos Ecológicos (LABPROECO), Universidad Simón Bolivar (USB), Departamento de Estudios Sociales, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Centro de Investigaciones Ecológicas, Universidad Experimental de Guayana (UNEG), Estación Científica de Parupa-Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), part of the Long-Term Ecological Research Station (LTER) Network in Latin America, and departments of Universidad Central de Venezuela (Fundación Instituto Jardín Botánico de Venezuela, Instituto de Zoología Tropical and Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo-CENDES).

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Rodríguez, I., Leal, A., Sánchez-Rose, I. et al. Facing Up to the Challenge of Interdisciplinary Research in the Gran Sabana (Venezuela). Hum Ecol 37, 787–789 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-009-9286-6

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