Diversidad de himenópteros como indicadores del avance de la restauración ecológica en la Reserva Madrigal del Podocarpus
Ecological restoration is the process of reestablishing an ecosystem that has been degraded by anthropogenic actions, but it requires evaluating the changes that occur in the ecosystem during the process through quantifiable indicators. The objective of this study was to diagnose the diversity of Hy...
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| Format: | bachelorThesis |
| Language: | spa |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/29899 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Ecological restoration is the process of reestablishing an ecosystem that has been degraded by anthropogenic actions, but it requires evaluating the changes that occur in the ecosystem during the process through quantifiable indicators. The objective of this study was to diagnose the diversity of Hymenoptera as indicators of the progress of ecological restoration in the Madrigal del Podocarpus Reserve, located in the Loja canton, using Andean forest dedicated to conservation as a reference ecosystem. 2,646 individuals of hymenoptera were collected in the two study areas: 1,545 individuals in the conserved area and 1,103 in the area under restoration, distributed in 29 families of insects within this order. According to the Shannon and Simpson indices, the restored area had a greater diversity of families (H = 2.032 and D = 0.7724). The conserved area had higher abundance values, but the restoration area presented greater richness and diversity, although none of the differences were significant. Regarding the similarity between the communities of both conservation levels, according to the Bray-Curtis index it clearly indicates that the greatest similarity is between the conserved forest area 1 and the area in the process of restoration 3 and the areas restored areas 2 and 1,while the least similarity occurred between forest areas 2 and restoration 3. It is defined in this way that hymenoptera can be used as indicators of progress in ecological restoration in a conserved area and in the process of restoration. |
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