« Revista Ciencias de la Vida, La Granja» is a bilingual scientific publication from âUniversidad Politécnica Salesianaâ, Ecuador. This journal started in 2002 and has a fixed biannual periodicity. La Granja covers the topics of Environmental Sciences, such as: Earth Sciences, Geosciences, Biotechnology and Agricultural Sciences, among others. Contents are peer-reviewed in accordance with the publication standards and follow a double-blind examination, guaranteeing the authors an impartial and transparent review process, facilitating the inclusion in the reference databases, repositories and international indexing. La Granja uses Harvard style citation rules.