Forest Ecosystem Fragmentation in Ecuador: Challenges for Sustainable Land Use in the Tropical Andean

Natural ecosystems are declining and fragmenting globally at unprecedented rates. Fragmentation of natural ecosystems leads to decline in functions and services with severe impact on people. In Ecuador, despite establishment of the nationwide ecosystem classification, this baseline information has n...

• Main Author: Kyoung Noh, Jin (author)
• Other Authors: Echeverria, Cristian (author), Gaona, Gabriel (author), Kleemann, Janina (author), Koo, Hongmi (author), Fürst, Christine (author), Cuenca, Pablo (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Ecosystem changing patterns; Deforestation; Human impact; Land use; Forests fragmentation; Tropical Andean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11020287; http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/500