La reserva buenaventura como estrategia para la conservación del ecosistema bosque Siempreverde Piemontano en la provincia de El Oro

Abstract

Piedmont evergreen forests are very important ecosystems for conservation of biological diversity for its endemism and the provision of their ecosystem goods and services. For this reason, this research aims to establish management strategies that promote the preservation of the flora and fauna of this type of forest in the Buenaventura Reserve of Canton Piñas. The methodology used to carry out the investigation was bibliographic and field, because it was used to search and gather information, by reviewing scientific articles, books and thesis on the subject, and through unstructured interviews conducted at the place of study. The Buenaventura Reserve has a tropical monsoon climate, an average annual temperature of 22°C and a relative humidity between 20 and 25%, where plants species grows at a height between 300 and 1.300 m.s.n.m. de los Andes, on clay and sandy soils in places with steep slopes or slopes moderately inclined near the ravines. Among the species of flora are very representative macana palms Wettinia kalbreyeri, elder cimarron Turpinia occidentalis, tillo Sorocea sarcocarpa, platanillo Heliconia longa, among other plantas.