Seasonally dry tropical forests are recognized for their biological and economic importance, as they possess a high number of endemic species and provide various ecosystem functions. However, the lack of a biodiversity conservation plan threatens comprehensive environmental management in the protected areas of Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. For this reason, a diagnosis was made in which conservation targets were identified to strengthen local environmental management capacity. Furthermore, Conservation Action Planning (CAP) and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) methodologies were used to identify conservation priorities and resource management constraints. The analysis revealed technical-administrative flaws, and because of this an efficient approach to environmental management was sought. In addition, the garúa forest was recognized as a natural conservation targe...

Seasonally dry tropical forests are recognized for their biological and economic importance, as they possess a high number of endemic species and provide various ecosystem functions. However, the lack of a biodiversity conservation plan threatens comprehensive environmental management in the protected areas of Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. For this reason, a diagnosis was made in which conservation targets were identified to strengthen local environmental management capacity. Furthermore, Conservation Action Planning (CAP) and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) methodologies were used to identify conservation priorities and resource management constraints. The analysis revealed technical-administrative flaws, and because of this an efficient approach to environmental management was sought. In addition, the garúa forest was recognized as a natural conservation targe...

La cordillera Chongón Colonche conocida por su alta diversidad y endemismo presenta vacíos de información biológica así como la deforestación que amenazan la biodiversidad del sitio. Se determinó la composición, estructura y diversidad de la flora leñosa en dos localidades de la cordillera, Loma Alta y Dos Mangas, mediante parcelas de 0.1 ha ubicadas a 500 msnm. Se identificaron 48 especies, 46 géneros y 28 familias, donde las más representativas fueron Arecaceae y Urticaceae. La estructura estuvo conformada por seis clases diamétricas y siete altimétricas. El endemismo y estado de conservación se congrega en 19 especies (40%), de las cuales Inga carinata “Guaba”, Gustavia serrata “Membrillo”, Sorocea sarcocarpa “Tillo” y Randia carlosiana “Cañafito” son las más importantes. La diversidad alfa oscila en rangos medios, donde Loma Alta presentó mayor divers...

La polinización es un servicio ecosistémico del cual depende la alimentación de muchos animales y plantas que está siendo afectado por actividades antropogénicas alterando las redes de mutualismo y su estudio es una pieza clase para comprender el funcionamiento de la naturaleza. Se determinó los patrones de distribución espacial de la familia Trochilidae en función del gradiente altitudinal en los Bosques Tropicales Estacionalmente Secos de la cordillera Chongón Colonche. La vegetación difiere según la altitud y corresponde a cuatro diferentes ecosistemas, Bosque deciduo de la cordillera costera del Pacífico Ecuatorial (BsPc01) a 164 msnm, Bosque semideciduo de la cordillera costera del Pacífico Ecuatorial (BmPC01) a 105 msnm, Bosque siempreverde estacional piemontano de la cordillera costera del Pacífico Ecuatorial (BePC02) a 300 msnm, Bosque siempreverde estacional montan...