Caracterización arbórea y arbustiva de interés agropecuario en remanente de bosque Montano en la provincia de Tungurahua.

Abstract

The general objective of this study was to elaborate the classification of trees and shrubs of agricultural interest in remnants of montane forest in the province of Tungurahua. Through the gathering of field and bibliographic data to provide technical information on tree and shrub species in the area to be intervened. The first section to consider was the baseline survey of the study area, which consists of the arboreal and shrub characterization of agricultural interest in the forest remnant, a methodological structure or cartographic model proposed for the arboreal and shrub characterization was applied through three components: Base inputs, where a survey was gotten from producers located at the montane forest remnant. Botanical information, where species of the montane forest were collected and botanical data review, where all the collected species were gotten at the herbarium of the ESPOCH for their respective identification and finally to analyze the vegetation cover of the remnant of montane forest, satellite images were downloaded to make a comparison and to observe the amount of montane forest that exists. As a result of the surveys taken from the producers, 22 species of the montane forest remnant were characterized and to determine the vegetation cover, two images were downloaded, an image from 1990 and an image from 2020, to later carry out a multi-temporal analysis of the images. It is concluded that the diversity of species found in the producers' properties corresponds mostly to exotic species and few native species, due to the fact that in the last 30 years the remnant of montane forest has decreased in territory and the species native to the area are being lost. It is recommended that producers' plans should involve native species of the montane remnant.