Influence of the Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus) on plant taxonomical and functional diversity and soil properties in semiarid grasslands of Mexico

Research in grassland ecosystems worldwide has highlighted the crucial role many burrowing herbivore mammals provide as so-called “ecosystem engineers”. Many of these examples come from North America and have mostly been focused on Prairie Dogs (Cynomys sp.), which, due to their burrowing and grazing activities, are considered as a species of high ecological importance. Multiple studies have shown that their loss reduces grassland ecosystem functions and that their activities increase plant, arthropod, bird and mammal biodiversity, grassland heterogeneity, provide benefits to cattle, among many other key ecological roles. However, prairie dog species are distributed throughout multiple landscapes in North America, and most of the studies have been on mixed prairie grasslands. It is therefore not surprising that, when comparing the effects of different prairie dog species across ecoregions, the role of prairie dogs is not as clear and results vary, depending on spatial context, type of grasslands, climate and environmental conditions. Yet, grasslands are considered as some of the most highly threatened ecosystems, having high rates of conversion, desertification and biodiversity loss. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the effects prairie dog species have on the ecosystem. In this thesis, I focus on the Mexican prairie dog (C. mexicanus), a species in drastic decline due to habitat loss, caused by agriculture, overgrazing, human settlement, fragmentation, diseases (e.g. plague) and past eradication programs. C. mexicanus is considered endangered by the IUCN red list of threatened species and The Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. It is also endemic to the Grassland Priority Conservation Area (GPCA) of El Tokio, located in Northeast Mexico within the Chihuahuan desert ecoregion and designated as a GPCA by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (a cooperation between Canada, U.S. and Mexico) in 2009. Grasslands within GPCA El Tokio are highly fragmented as a result of many years of intense agricultural practices and other anthropogenic activities and around 90% of the original grasslands have been lost. However, it is considered an area of ecological importance due to its unique vegetation and edaphic associations, as well as being a key habitat for migratory birds. Up until now, very few studies have explored the role C. mexicanus has on plant taxonomical diversity and soil properties. Moreover, no studies focusing on prairie dogs have looked into the effect the species has on plant functional diversity or soil properties. Furthermore, GPCA El Tokio is a data-scarce area. Therefore, at this point, basic information and system understanding are urgently needed in order to identify which conservation efforts are most promising and which specific sites these efforts should focus on. Understanding the influence of prairie dog disturbance on vegetation parameters (taxonomic and functional), soil properties and their interaction with environmental conditions through time, will increase knowledge on the risks and vulnerability of grasslands, promoting solutions that can support grassland management. Furthermore, there is a clear gap in the literature about the varying effects of prairie dogs depending on different grassland types and environmental conditions. To study such conditions, I first classified and controlled for factors that could influence prairie dog ecosystem engineering effects addressing the following two general questions: (1) Which grassland types are present in GPCA El Tokio? (2) Do the different grassland types present in GPCA El Tokio influence prairie dog colony sizes and burrow density? When influencing factors were confirmed, I then assess the effects of prairie dog disturbance on vegetation and soil to answer the following questions: (3) Are there clear distinctions across GPCA El Tokio grassland environmental variables? (4) Do the different grassland types present in GPCA El Tokio influence prairie dog colony sizes and burrow density? To do so I selected a representative sample of sites covering the varying environmental conditions present in GPCA El Tokio grasslands, a data-driven clustering approach was used. Once clusters were defined, average burrow density was estimated from remote sensing imagery. To study vegetation measures I first, sampled plant species (92 species and 28 families and 6 traits) to obtain taxonomical and functional diversity measures, and obtained variables related to nutrient availability, carbon and climate regulation, and water regulation and purification. To study the effects on soil a total of 11 soil properties were obtained (382 samples were analyzed). Field work was done during the wet season and repeated during the dry season to obtain season variations of all measures. Soil measures were further obtained at depths of 0-10cm and 10 to 20cm. Results from the study classify GPCA El Tokio into 8 different grassland types with 4 clusters being the most dominant, named Agriculture, Arid, Calcareous, Mountain. I found agricultural grasslands had significantly lower colony sizes compared to calcareous grasslands when outliers were considered, but no differences when outliers were removed and burrow density varied depending on the grassland type, with mountain grasslands having a significantly lower burrow density compared to agricultural and calcareous grasslands. Regarding the effects of prairie dogs on vegetation and soil my findings suggest that functional metrics and community weighted mean (CWM) analyses responded to interactions between prairie dog disturbance, grassland type and season, whilst species diversity and cover measures were less sensitive to the role of prairie dog disturbance. I found weak evidence that prairie dog disturbance has a negative effect on vegetation structure, except for minimal effects on C4 and graminoid cover, but which depended mainly on season. Grassland type and season explained most of the effects on plant functional and taxonomic diversity as well as CWM traits. In the case of soil properties WOP grasslands tended to have higher nutrient availability than WP grasslands. However, mounds played a key role within WP grasslands. Mounds reduce compaction and increase nutrient levels of soil organic carbon, nitrogen, potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus. Such an effect was particularly present in calcareous and arid grasslands, and in many cases the effect was enhanced under wet conditions. In general, the effect of disturbance on soil property changes was dependent on environmental conditions. Overall, my study shows evidence that grassland type and season have a stronger effect than prairie dog disturbance on the vegetation of this short-grass, water-restricted grassland ecosystem.:3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration of conformity 2 1 Acknowledgments 3 2 Extended Summary 5 4 List of Figures 11 5 List of Tables 13 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Importance of grasslands 1 1.2 Grassland conservation and ecosystem engineers 2 1.3 Prairie dogs: ecosystem engineers of grasslands in North America 3 1.4 Distribution of prairie dogs across North American grasslands 6 1.5 Current threats and conservation of the Mexican prairie dog C. mexicanus 7 1.6 Research questions, aims and objectives 9 2 Scientific background 13 2.1 Differences in grassland definitions and classifications 13 2.2 Dryland biases in grassland research 13 2.3 Research gaps on C. mexicanus 15 2.4 Functional diversity and disturbance 16 2.5 Soil complexity and limited research 17 3 Study Area: Grassland Priority Conservation Area of El Tokio 19 3.1 General overview 19 3.2 Bioregions, geology, topography and soils 20 3.3 Climate 23 3.4 Ecoregions, Land cover and Biodiversity 24 3.5 Anthropogenic activities and environmental issues 28 4 Assessing and classifying factors that could influence prairie dog ecosystem engineering effects 31 4.1 Data-driven identification of grassland types 33 4.1.1 Introduction 33 4.1.2 Methods 33 4.1.3 Results 36 4.1.4 Discussion and conclusion 39 4.2 C. mexicanus colony trends and differences across grassland types 41 4.2.1 Introduction 41 4.2.2 Methods 42 4.2.3 Results 48 4.2.4 Discussion and conclusion 52 5 Prairie dog disturbance effects on vegetation and soil across different grassland types and seasons 55 5.1 General methodology 57 5.1.1 Selection of grassland locations 57 5.1.2 Defining study sites and plots 58 5.1.3 Vegetation and soil sampling design 59 5.2 The effect of C. mexicanus on taxonomical and functional diversity across different seasons and grassland types 61 5.2.1 Introduction 61 5.2.2 Methods 63 5.2.3 Results 65 5.2.4 Discussion and conclusion 72 5.3 Soil property responses to the presence of C. mexicanus and its mounds across different grassland types, seasons and depths 77 5.3.1 Introduction 77 5.3.2 Methods 78 5.3.3 Results 81 5.3.4 Discussion and conclusion 88 6 Synthesis 95 6.1 Key findings 95 6.2 Management and Conservation opportunities 97 6.2.1 Designing management plans to suit existing environmental conditions 97 6.2.2 Functional diversity: an opportunity to identify patterns of vegetation across environmental conditions and scales. 98 6.3 Future research 99 6.3.1 Exploration of spatial and temporal effects 99 6.3.2 Mechanistic understanding of disturbance dynamics 100 6.3.3 A need for plant and soil ecological data 101 7 References 103 8 Appendix 131 8.1 Appendix 1. Prairie dog research reference list 132 8.2 Appendix 2. List of individual colonies with areas and other relevant information 140 8.3 Appendix 3. Historical and present colony data. 142 8.4 Appendix 4. Correlation results 144 8.5 Appendix 5. Top 3 models 146 8.6 Appendix 6. Species list per grassland type. 151 8.7 Appendix 7. Correspondence analysis (CA) for each grassland 154 8.8 Appendix 8. Post-hoc results 155 8.9 Appendix 9. Top 3 dominant species. 157 8.10 Appendix 10. HPD credible interval and ROPE. 15

Phonological Processing and Reading and Writing Skills in Literacy

Estudios sugieren la influencia del procesamiento fonológico en la alfabetización, aunque existen controversias sobre las habilidades cognitivas subyacentes a este constructo. Este estudio investigó la contribución de la conciencia fonológica, memoria fonológica, denominación rápida y procesamiento visual en la lectura y escritura de una muestra de 50 estudiantes de tercer año en una escuela primaria pública. Los resultados indicaron que la conciencia fonológica y la memoria fonológica son las habilidades que mas contribuyen al rendimiento inicial en la lectura y la escritura. En cuanto a la denominación rápida, sólo la denominación de letras mostró correlación significativa con la lectura y la escritura, pero no hubo correlación de estas habilidades con el procesamiento visual. El análisis factorial exploratorio sugiere la agrupación de las variables en tres factores, el primero formado por la memoria fonológica y la conciencia fonológica, el segundo por la denominación rápida y el tercero por el procesamiento visual.Studies suggest the influence of phonological processing on literacy, although there is controversy about the cognitive skills underlying this construct. This study investigated the contribution of phonological awareness, phonological memory, rapid naming and visual processing in reading and writing performance of a sample of 50 students of the 3rd grade of an Elementary Public School. The results indicated that phonological awareness and phonological memory are the skills that contributed most to the initial performance in reading and writing. In respect of rapid naming, only the letters naming showed significant correlation with reading and writing and there was no correlation between visual processing and reading or writing. The exploratory factor analysis suggested the grouping of variables in three factors, the first formed by the phonological memory and phonological awareness, the second formed by the rapid naming and the third by the visual processing.Estudos sugerem a influência do processamento fonológico sobre a alfabetização, embora haja controvérsias sobre as habilidades cognitivas subjacentes a esse constructo. Este estudo investigou a contribuição da consciência fonológica, memória de trabalho fonológica, nomeação rápida e processamento visual no desempenho em leitura e escrita de uma amostra de 50 alunos do 3º Ano do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola pública. Os resultados indicaram que a consciência fonológica e a memória de trabalho fonológica são as habilidades que mais contribuem para o desempenho inicial em leitura e escrita. Quanto às habilidades de nomeação rápida, apenas a nomeação de letras apresentou correlação significativa com a leitura e escrita, não havendo correlação destas últimas com o processamento visual. A análise fatorial exploratória sugeriu o agrupamento das variáveis estudadas em três fatores, o primeiro formado pela memória de trabalho fonológica e consciência fonológica, o segundo, pela nomeação rápida e o terceiro, pelo processamento visual

Desempleo Tecnológico: una aproximación al caso Latinoamericano

Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, control systems, software and related technologies have revived the debate on the influence that technology has on labor markets. So far, the focus of the literature has been on advanced economies. This document aims to analyze the following variables: domestic spending in science and technology, GDP per capita, nominal minimum wage, domestic spending in education and their impact on unemployment rate in seven Latin American countries from 1996 to 2011. Panel data was used to measure the relation of these variables with unemployment rates in the region. The results allowed us to conclude that investment in Science and Technology in the region has not reached levels that potentially reduce employment; on the contrary, innovation is regarded as a source of labor productivity gains. The broader implications of technology and automation are yet to be seen, however, both firms and the public sector in the region must prepare for massive technological unemployement, as predicted by recent models.Avances recientes en Inteligencia Artificial (IA), robótica, sistemas de control, software y tecnologías relacionadas han revivido el debate sobre la influencia que la tecnología ejerce en el mercado laboral. Hasta el momento, el enfoque de la literatura se ha dado en economías avanzadas. Este artículo busca describir y comparar las siguientes variables: gasto doméstico en ciencia y tecnología, PIB per cápita, salario mínimo nominal, gasto doméstico en educación en siete economías latinoamericanas y su impacto en la tasa de desempleo durante el periodo 1996 a 2011. Se usaron datos panel para medir la relación de las variables con las tasas de desempleo en la región. Los resultados nos permitieron concluir que la inversión en ciencia y tecnología en la región no ha alcanzado niveles que reduzcan potencialmente el empleo; por el contrario, la innovación es vista como una fuente de ganancias en productividad en la mano de obra. Las implicaciones más amplias de la tecnología y la automatización todavía no son evidentes, sin embargo, tanto las firmas como el sector público en la región deben prepararse para el desempleo tecnológico masivo que se ha estimado en modelos recientes

Teletrabajo nuevo régimen legal

Trabajo final de posgrado (Especialización en Derecho del Trabajo y la Seguridad Social) -- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina, 2022.El objetivo del presente trabajo fue el de realizar un análisis de los principales desafíos que tendrá la implementación del nuevo régimen legal del teletrabajo, en el caso de empleadores del sector privado en Argentina. Se desarrolló a través de un proceso recurrente de búsqueda y recopilación de material, su posterior revisión y análisis. El punto de partida fue el desarrollo cronológico de los antecedentes de adopción del teletrabajo, previos a la normativa específica. Posteriormente, se enumeraron características requeridas para que trabajadores y líderes puedan implementar correctamente la modalidad, las ventajas que aporta y desafíos a abordar. Respecto a las normativas específicas de distintos países, se sintetizaron sus aspectos relevantes. Se analizó, a través del aporte de distintos autores, el texto del régimen legal del contrato de teletrabajo y su reglamentación. Finalmente, se observaron aportes y críticas que los sectores involucrados expresaron acerca del proyecto y posterior normativa. Como resultado del análisis de las críticas y observaciones del sector empresario, se destacan los artículos referidos a la reversibilidad y a las tareas de cuidado como aquellos que generan mayor oposición, lo que podría tener consecuencias negativas y desalentar el uso de la modalidad, afectando a sectores que tendrían especial interés en acceder a ella.Fil: Barrera, Gabriela. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina

¿Pueden los perros domésticos (Canis lupus familiaris) reconocer expresiones emocionales humanas? Una revisión crítica de las evidencias

Las expresiones emocionales tienen un papel fundamental en las interacciones de especies sociales, brindando información acerca del emisor, las características e importancia del estímulo o situación que desencadena dichas interacciones, y también funcionan regulando los vínculos sociales. Los perros poseen notorias capacidades comunicativas hacia los humanos por lo que resulta interesante estudiar si estas habilidades se extienden al reconocimiento de las expresiones emocionales. Se han realizado diversas investigaciones acerca del reconocimiento de expresiones emocionales humanas en perros exponiendo a los mismos a una situación representada por personas durante la evaluación, así como mediante el uso de imágenes, videos y grabaciones. El análisis de las evidencias permite concluir que los perros podrían distinguir entre distintas emociones humanas ya sea en presencia de modelos en vivo o mediante la observación de imágenes y modulan su conducta conforme a esta discriminación, así como también pueden utilizar esta información como claves en la resolución de problemas. Sin embargo, aún no están claros los mecanismos que subyacen a estas habilidades.Emotional expressions play a critical role in the interactions among individuals, particularly, in social species. They provide information about the sender and the characteristics and importance of the triggering stimulus or situation, also regulating social ties. Dogs have notorious communication skills towards humans, which makes the study of their ability to recognize human emotional expressions an interesting endeavor. There have been several studies in which dogs have been tested using real people in an experimental situation as well as images, video and audio recordings of people's expressions. The evidence suggests that dogs can discriminate between different human emotions either in the presence of live models or by looking at images. This type of information has been shown to modulate their behavior and to be used as cues to solve problems. However, the mechanisms underlying these abilities are not fully understood yet.Fil: Helbling, Julia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas; ArgentinaFil: Barrera, Gabriela Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Cs.veterinarias. Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Bentosela, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas; Argentin

Efecto del almidón dañado sobre las propiedades de las masas panarias y la calidad de los panificados

Tesis (DCI)--FCEFN-UNC, 2014Trata la influencia del contenido de almidón dañado sobre la calidad de las harinas para elaborar productos de panificación y analizar los efectos ocasionados por el uso de enzimas en la atenuación de los inconvenientes provocados por el almidón dañad

Effect of Damaged Starch and Wheat-Bran Arabinoxylans on Wheat Starch and Wheat Starch–Gluten Systems

Impact Factor: 4.7 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 5.1 (2023)Fil: Teobaldi, Andrés Gustavo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina.Fil: Teobaldi, Andrés Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos Córdoba; Argentina.Fil: Barrera, Gabriela Noel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina.Fil: Barrera, Gabriela Noel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos Córdoba; Argentina.Fil: Ribotta, Pablo Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina.Fil: Ribotta, Pablo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos Córdoba; Argentina.first_pagesettingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessArticle Effect of Damaged Starch and Wheat-Bran Arabinoxylans on Wheat Starch and Wheat Starch–Gluten Systems by Andrés Gustavo Teobaldi 1,Gabriela Noel Barrera 1,2 andPablo Daniel Ribotta 1,2,*ORCID 1 Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos Córdoba (ICYTAC-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Av. Filloy S/N, Córdoba CP X5000HUA, Argentina 2 Departamento de Química Industrial y Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (FCEFyN), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, Córdoba CP X5000HUA, Argentina * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Foods 2024, 13(5), 689; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13050689 Submission received: 29 January 2024 / Revised: 15 February 2024 / Accepted: 22 February 2024 / Published: 24 February 2024 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Starch and Food Processing: Structure, Functionality and Nutrition) Downloadkeyboard_arrow_down Browse Figures Versions Notes Abstract This study investigated the impact of damaged starch and arabinoxylans on the thermal and pasting behavior of mixtures containing starch and gluten. The mixtures containing starch, arabinoxylans, and gluten were dispersed in water and a 50% sucrose solution. When arabinoxylans were added to native starch in water, it did not modify the viscosity profiles. An increase in viscosity parameters was observed due to the addition of arabinoxylans to starch with a higher level of damage. Gluten did not influence the effects caused by arabinoxylans. In the sucrose solution, arabinoxylans caused an increase in the viscosity parameters of native starch and starch with higher damage content dispersions. Gluten caused greater viscosity increases when arabinoxylans were added. In water, the addition of arabinoxylans to native starch caused a decrease in the enthalpy of gelatinization and an increase in the onset temperature. Adding arabinoxylans to starch with a higher level of damage caused the opposite effects. In the presence of sucrose, arabinoxylans caused a decrease in the enthalpy of gelatinization. These results lay the foundations for studying the influence of damaged starch and arabinoxylans in water-rich systems characterized by the presence of substantial proportions of sucrose, such as batter formulations.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionFil: Teobaldi, Andrés Gustavo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina.Fil: Teobaldi, Andrés Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos Córdoba; Argentina.Fil: Barrera, Gabriela Noel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina.Fil: Barrera, Gabriela Noel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos Córdoba; Argentina.Fil: Ribotta, Pablo Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina.Fil: Ribotta, Pablo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos Córdoba; Argentina

Comprensión de las tradiciones y creencias en la construcción de la identidad cultural de los jóvenes universitarios de la Etnia Kankuama en la Ciudad de Valledupar

Las comunidades indígenas se encuentran distribuidas alrededor del mundo, conformando el 5% de la población en total; aportando de manera significativa desde sus tradiciones y costumbres a la conservación de la biodiversidad y desarrollo del planeta, desde sus tradiciones y conocimientos ancestrales, por medio de los cuales buscan reducir y mitigar los riesgos consecuentes de los desastres naturales y el cambio climático. (Martínez, 2020). La presente investigación busca dar respuesta a la siguiente pregunta problema: ¿Cómo las tradiciones y creencias contribuyen a la identidad cultural de 9 jóvenes universitarios pertenecientes a la comunidad Kankuama en el Municipio de Valledupar? Este proyecto de investigación se realiza en el marco del enfoque cualitativo, entendiendo que se selecciona porque el propósito es indagar la forma en que los individuos perciben y experimentan los fenómenos que los rodean, profundizando en sus interpretaciones, significados y en sus puntos de vista. (Hernández, Fernández, y Baptista, 2014). El diseño de la presente investigación es fenomenológico, dado que según lo expuesto por Martínez (2004), es el estudio de los fenómenos tal como son experimentados, vividos y vistos por el hombre. Como técnicas se utilizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas y un grupo focal. Objetivo: Comprender las tradiciones y creencias en la construcción de la identidad cultural de los jóvenes universitarios de la etnia Kankuama en la ciudad de Valledupar. La población de la presente investigación se encuentra constituida por 13 sujetos en total, con un rango de edades entre 20 y 50 años. A su vez cabe mencionar que 9 de estos sujetos son jóvenes estudiantes de la universidad popular del cesar, pertenecientes a la etnia kankuama, por otra parte 1 de los sujetos del total de la población es líder de la comunidad kankuama y, por último, los 3 sujetos son docentes de la universidad popular del cesar. Resultados: En las entrevistas realizadas tanto líderes como jóvenes universitarios concluyen que la danza es la tradición más importante y representativa que han tratado de mantener y de exponer aún dentro de la universidad, esto lo podemos evidenciar con los diferentes testimonios obtenidos. Los jóvenes resaltan la importancia del uso de algunos accesorios y vestuarios propios de su cultura y que tienen mucho significado, el cual va ligado a la comprensión del mundo que dentro de su cultura tienen, de esta forma logran mantener la armonía que deben tener con la naturaleza; los testimonios recogidos dan muestra que en la universidad popular del cesar es posible dar a conocer su identidad mediante estos elementos mencionados, incluso muchos de ellos asisten a sus clases con su vestimenta propia. Sin embargo, dentro de la universidad según lo mencionado por líderes y jóvenes dentro de la universidad se requieren mayores espacios donde se pueda mostrar más de la identidad cultural del pueblo kankuamo. Conclusión: podemos mencionar que las tradiciones y creencias de los jóvenes kankuamos inmersos en la universidad popular se mantienen a lo largo de su tránsito por la universidad y que muchas de ellas se fortalecen aún más debido a la importancia que la comunidad universitaria y la sociedad occidental le demuestra a los mismos, como son docentes y estudiantes que se interesan por indagar sobre esta cultura, como son las diferentes características que marcan al indígena kankuamo. Sin embargo, los jóvenes kankuamos también reciben un cúmulo de creencias y tradiciones propias de la sociedad occidental, que, aunque no las practiquen las comparten con ellos en los espacios universitarios y toman valía.Indigenous communities are distributed around the world, making up 5% of the total population; contributing significantly from their traditions and customs to the conservation of biodiversity and development of the planet, from their traditions and ancestral knowledge, through which they seek to reduce and mitigate the consequent risks of natural disasters and climate change. (Martinez, 2020). This research seeks to answer the following problem question: How do traditions and beliefs contribute to the cultural identity of university students belonging to the Kankuama community in the Municipality of Valledupar? .The research project is carried out within the framework of the qualitative approach, understanding that it is selected because the purpose is to investigate the way in which individuals perceive and experience the phenomena that surround them, delving into their interpretations, meanings and their points of view. . (Hernández, Fernandez, and Baptista, 2014). The design of the present investigation is phenomenological, since according to what was exposed by Martinez (2004), it is the study of the phenomena as they are experienced, lived and seen by man. Semi-structured interviews and a focus group were used as techniques. Objective: To understand the traditions and beliefs in the construction of the cultural identity of the young university students of the Kankuama ethnic group in the city of Valledupar. The population of the present investigation is constituted by 13 subjects in total, with an age range between 20 and 50 years. At the same time, it is worth mentioning that 9 of these subjects are young students of the Popular University of Cesar, belonging to the Kankuama ethnic group, on the other hand, 1 of the subjects of the total population is a leader of the Kankuama community and finally, the 3 Subjects are teachers at the Popular University of Cesar. Results: In the interviews carried out, both university leaders and young people conclude that dance is the most important and representative tradition that they have tried to maintain and expose even within the university, this can be evidenced with the different testimonies obtained. The young people highlight the importance of using some accessories and costumes typical of their culture and that have a lot of meaning, which is linked to the understanding of the world that they have within their culture, in this way they manage to maintain the harmony that they must have with the nature; The testimonies collected show that in the Popular University of Cesar it is possible to make their identity known through these mentioned elements, many of them even attend their classes with their own clothing. However, within the university, as mentioned by leaders and young people within the university, larger spaces are required where more of the cultural identity of the Kankuamo people can be shown. Conclusion: we can mention that the traditions and beliefs of the young Kankuamos immersed in the popular university are maintained throughout their transit through the university and that many of them are further strengthened due to the importance that the university community and that belongs to Western society shows them, how are teachers and students who are interested in inquiring about this culture, how are the different characteristics that mark the Kankuamo indigenous