Diversidad de comunidades de líquenes y briófitos epífitos en los diferentes tipos de bosques secos en la región sur del Ecuador

Abstract

In the present study the fauna of ectoparasites that live in the bird community of Canton Zapotillo, in the dry forest of southern Ecuador is characterized. bird captures were done using mistnets, individuals captured in a fumigation chamber was applied with ethyl acetate to achieve quantify ectoparasites powder besides this the same purpose pyrethrin applied. body mites, Mallophaga and mites feathers, which were the most abundant: the presence of three types of ectoparasites was determined. Moreover using Monte Carlo analysis of the relations between the types of ectoparasites and bird species present in the community it was determined. This research is a first approach aimed at a better understanding of ectoparasites fauna present in this area, thus opening the way to future research that addresses in-depth study of this host-parasite system in this ecosystem.

platensis and Oudemansiella aff. canarii, the latter being a new record for Ecuador