EVALUATION OF TREE DIVERSITY IN DEGRADED AREAS OF THE QUIMISEN JIPIJAPA COMMUNITY, MANAB͍, ECUADOR

EVALUACIÓN DE LA DIVERSIDAD ARBÓREA

Abstract

This research was carried out within the framework of the project "Conservation and sustainable management of the tropical dry forest within the framework of the implementation of adaptation measures to climate change based on ecosystems", promoted by the Italo-Ecuadorian Fund for Sustainable Development (FIDES ), in conjunction with the Forest Engineering degree from UNESUM; with the focus of enriching or recovering the forests, the objective of this work was to evaluate the tree diversity in the degraded areas of the Quimis community; for the registration of data, Degraded forest areas in which 23 plots were established where botanical samples of each of the species present within the plots were identified and collected, with the information obtained, the tree composition was identified and a diversity analysis was performed using the Shannon index. Weaver, meeting 769 individuals, 14 tree families, 21 genera and 21 esp species; according to the Index of Ecological Importance Value, the forest species with the lowest priority potential for ecological restoration were: Capparicordis crotonoides, Machaerium millei and Gallesia integrifolia and the remaining 18 species are considered medium priority.