Importancia de la caficultura en la conservación de la biodiversidad y servicios ecosistémicos en el cantón Quilanga, provincia Loja

Abstract

Abstract: In the present work, the abundance and taxonomic diversity of the dung beetle communities, in addition to evaluating the effect of the change in the use of the soil on the structure of these communities in the Quilanga canton. Two were studied types of land use: forest and coffee plantation. For each use, traps were installed pitfall along three transects, which were baited with decomposing pig feces, leaving them exposed for 48 hours. A total of 1196 beetles were captured coprophages, with Canthidium sp1 being the most abundant species. This species also contributed more than the others to the beetle community in both land uses. A generalized linear model (GLM) revealed that forest had no significant effect on the structure of the dung beetle community. This suggests that the forests They may serve as secondary biodiversity refuges for dung beetles.