Diversidad de invertebrados asociados a cuatro especies de bromelias y su relación con la cubierta vegetal en dos zonas del Kutukú, parroquia de Sevilla Don Bosco, provincia de Morona Santiago

Abstract

This research work was carried out with the objective of analyzing the diversity of invertebrates associated with epiphytic bromeliads, found in the Kutukú Biological Station, located in the Morona Santiago Province, with the purpose of developing a database containing fields that They cover information from the sampling stage to their taxonomic identification of each of the invertebrates found, in order to store relevant information regarding the biodiversity of the studied areas, and thus be very useful for future projects. The bromeliad collections were made in the intervened and non-intervened area, selecting six trees randomly in each zone and all the bromeliads in each tree were sampled, taking into account their strata and coordinates. Each bromeliad was bagged, labeled and transported to the laboratory where the extraction and identification of both bromeliads and invertebrates was carried out. Once the laboratory phase was completed, a total of 165 invertebrates, belonging to 18 orders and 29 families, of a total of 36 bromeliads belonging to four different species were considered, within which 24 belong to the intervened area and 12 to The area not intervened. In addition, the number of invertebrates in the intervened area was 108 individuals and in the non-intervened area, it was 57 invertebrates. In addition, an analysis of invertebrate diversity indices was performed with all the results obtained by means of which it was determined that the intervened area had a higher diversity index.