“Análisis poblacional del zorro andino (Lycalopex culpaeus) en los páramos de la parroquia Aláquez”
The wild fauna population analysis is a fundamental study, what allows understanding the dynamics and population densities. Due to the fact that, in Ecuador, there is no information on the population density from Andean Fox (Lycalopex culpaeus), it was carried a species population analysis in the mo...
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2023
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Etiketa erantsi | Gaia: | The wild fauna population analysis is a fundamental study, what allows understanding the dynamics and population densities. Due to the fact that, in Ecuador, there is no information on the population density from Andean Fox (Lycalopex culpaeus), it was carried a species population analysis in the moorlands from Aláquez parish, specifically, in the San Isidro Bajo, Alto and Cuchitingue neighborhoods. This is a species, which is distributed along the Andes Mountains, in the western subtropical and high Andean zoogeographic floors from Ecuador at a range, what oscillates between 2600 msnm to 4500 msnm. The Andean Fox ecological niche is identified by the footprints presence, feces and feeding vestiges, it is worth mentioning that a niche can be conditioned by the file type and the resources, which a species uses from a habitat, it can develop and survive. It is, so, that it for carring out the population analysis this species, was collected indirect sightings information and began a tour to identify the ecological niche, covering a total distance 12.7 km². Subsequently, it was made linear transects in an area 210 m² each to collect different evidence types, such as footprints, feces, feeding traces, hair and bone remains. In total, it was got 56 sightings samples; 23 samples in Cuchitingue, 19 in San Isidro Alto and 14 in San Isidro Bajo. The results allowed calculating a population density 6.96 individuals per km², with a confidence interval 95%. Further, it was made a relationship analysis between the sightings number and the study locations, yielding a p value of 0.94 with a 95% confidence interval. This indicates, what the presence from Andean Fox is not directly linked to the location, where the current study. Finally, among the threat factors, which could be identified forestry activity had the greatest impact, representing 45%found evidence. |
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