The Cordillera del Condor Region of Ecuador and Peru
A Biological Assessment
9781881173151
Distributed for Conservation International
The Cordillera del Condor Region of Ecuador and Peru
A Biological Assessment
In 1993 and 1994, two Rapid Assessment Program teams conducted biological surveys in the Cordillera del Cóndor between Ecuador and Peru, one of the largest intact regions of Andean lower montane forest. This book presents the results of their surveys.
The great topographic and geological complexity of this region, combined with a climate of year-round high humidity, have resulted in very high plant species diversity. This diversity of habitats and species with restricted distributions makes the Cóndor an important refuge for many taxa.
The great topographic and geological complexity of this region, combined with a climate of year-round high humidity, have resulted in very high plant species diversity. This diversity of habitats and species with restricted distributions makes the Cóndor an important refuge for many taxa.
232 pages | illustrations throughout | 8-1/2 x 11 | © 1997
Biological Sciences: Conservation, Tropical Biology and Conservation
Table of Contents
Participants
Organizational Profiles
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Overview
Summary of Results
Conservation Opportunities
Technical Report
Botany and Landscape of the Rio Nangaritza Basin
Vegetation and Flora of the Eastern Slopes of the Cordillera del Condor
Birds of the Cordillera del Condor
Mammal Fauna of the Cordillera del Condor
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Cordillera del Condor
Icthyofauna of the Cordillera del Condor
Lepidoptera of the Cordillera del Condor
Literature Cited
Gazetteer
Appendices
1: Plant Collections from the Rio Nangaritza Basin
2: Plant Collections from Cerro Machinaza and the Upper Rio Comainas
3: Plant Transect Data from the Summit of Cerro Machinaza, Upper Rio Comainas
4: Orchids of the Upper Rio Comainas
5: Bird Species Recorded at Three Sites on the Northern and Western Slopes
6: Birds of the Upper Rio Comainas
7: Mammals of the Northern and Western Slopes
8: Mammals of the Upper Rio Comainas
9: Mammals of the Rio Cenepa Basin
10: Amphibian and Reptile Species Recorded in the Northern and Western Cordillera del Condor
11: Simmons’ Herpetological Collection from the Western Slopes of the Cordillera del Condor
12: Amphibian and Reptile Species of the Upper Rio Comainas
13: Systematic List of the Fish Fauna of the Rio Nangaritza
14: Systematic List of the Fish Fauna of the Upper Rio Comainas
15: Lepidoptera of the Cordillera del Condor
16: Scarabacinac Beetle (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae) Species Collected in the Cordillera del Condor
Organizational Profiles
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Overview
Summary of Results
Conservation Opportunities
Technical Report
Botany and Landscape of the Rio Nangaritza Basin
Vegetation and Flora of the Eastern Slopes of the Cordillera del Condor
Birds of the Cordillera del Condor
Mammal Fauna of the Cordillera del Condor
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Cordillera del Condor
Icthyofauna of the Cordillera del Condor
Lepidoptera of the Cordillera del Condor
Literature Cited
Gazetteer
Appendices
1: Plant Collections from the Rio Nangaritza Basin
2: Plant Collections from Cerro Machinaza and the Upper Rio Comainas
3: Plant Transect Data from the Summit of Cerro Machinaza, Upper Rio Comainas
4: Orchids of the Upper Rio Comainas
5: Bird Species Recorded at Three Sites on the Northern and Western Slopes
6: Birds of the Upper Rio Comainas
7: Mammals of the Northern and Western Slopes
8: Mammals of the Upper Rio Comainas
9: Mammals of the Rio Cenepa Basin
10: Amphibian and Reptile Species Recorded in the Northern and Western Cordillera del Condor
11: Simmons’ Herpetological Collection from the Western Slopes of the Cordillera del Condor
12: Amphibian and Reptile Species of the Upper Rio Comainas
13: Systematic List of the Fish Fauna of the Rio Nangaritza
14: Systematic List of the Fish Fauna of the Upper Rio Comainas
15: Lepidoptera of the Cordillera del Condor
16: Scarabacinac Beetle (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae) Species Collected in the Cordillera del Condor