Forest biodiversity assessment in Peruvian Andean Montane cloud forest
Cloud forests are unusual and fragile habitats, being one of the least studied and least understood ecosystems. The tropical Andean dominion is considered one of the most significant places in the world as regards biological diversity, with a very high level of endemism. The biodiversity was analysed in an isolated remnant area of a tropical montane cloud forest known as the "Bosque de Neblina de Cuyas", in the North of the Peruvian Andean range. Composition, structure and dead wood were measured or estimated. The values obtained were compared with other cloud forests. The study revealed a high level of forest biodiversity, although the level of biodiversity differs from one area to another in the inner areas, where human pressure is almost inexistent, the biodiversity values increase. The high species richness and the low dominance among species bear testimony to this montane cloud forest as a real enclave of biodiversity. © 2012 Science Press, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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| Format: | artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2012
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| Subjects: | Andean Range, Biodiversity, Dead wood, Montane forest, Species composition, Stand structure, Tropical forest, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/2362 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/291347 |
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