Efecto de la diversidad del estrato vegetal sobre el carbono del suelo en un Bosque Siempreverde Piemontano en la provincia de Zamora Chinchipe

Abstract

Abstract: The work was carried out in 49 plots of 10 x 10 m (1 ha) in Zamora Chinchipe, where the floristic survey (woody and herbaceous) and soils were carried out. Within this study it was found that the most diverse botanical family in the woody plots was the Rubiaceae family with 20 species, however it is important to mention that the most abundant family was Lecythidaceae with a greater representativity of individuals per plot, whereas in herbaceous The most abundant and diverse botanical family was Araceae with 5 species. As for the species it was found that the most representative is Grias peruviana for woody. Regarding shrubs, the species with the greatest abundance was Bolbitis lindigii with a high number of individuals. The diversity of species for woody was 3.14 and herbaceous 2.75, this means that our plots are diverse according to the Shannon index. It was evidenced that the relationship between soil carbon and species diversity is negatively related, in this case only a difference was obtained for woody species.