Páramo ecosystems are of great importance because they are considered hotspots within the Tropical Andes. They are also very important for their role as producers and regulators of water processes in the Neotropic. However, the human occupation of the Colombian Páramos has generated conflict between environmental benefits and productive land uses, specifically the potato cultivation and livestock. To assess possible changes associated with potato cultivation (Solanum tuberosum L.) and livestock on the microbial communities of Páramo soils, the objective [...]