A preliminary list of the birds of the foothills and south-eastern buffer zone of Colonso Chalupas Biological Reserve, Ecuador.

Abstract:

Materials and Methods Study site.—RBCC is predominantly forested and ranges from c. 550 m to 4,400 m. It is located on the east slope of the Andes, in Napo province (Fig. 1). The reserve protects several watersheds and harbours a range of vegetation types from evergreen foothill forest to páramo. The eastern buffer zone and first few kilometres within the reserve consist of a mix of secondary forest and traditional small-scale agricultural land (the ‘chakra’system19), but human presence is relatively low further inside the reserve. We compiled information on the biotic and abiotic characteristics of the reserve based on unpublished reports and management plans7–9, 13, 14, as no peer-reviewed literature currently exists for the area. Following personal observations and using unpublished data7–9, we conclude that the foothill vegetation of the RBCC is dominated by the woody plant families Myristicaceae, Fabaceae, Meliaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Moraceae, Vochysiaceae and Melastomataceae. In addition, several palm species occur at relatively low densities, including

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2018

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