Biodiversidad de los entornos urbanos de Ecuador: Una revisión bibliográfica de su estado de conocimiento

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Abstract: Urban biodiversity is a topic little studied at the regional level, and Ecuador is a reflection of this reality, in our country the works aimed at defining the knowledge of the biodiversity associated or present in urban environments are scarce, although in recent years years there has been some interest in improving this situation, the number of jobs and many plus those officially published remains low. The relevance of the studies carried out in Ecuador is significant, however their delimitation is towards large cities without considering the biodiversity in the surroundings smaller urban areas, for this reason the systematic analysis methodology of information, aimed at searching and systematizing work carried out regarding urban biodiversity in Ecuador. A database was generated, compiling 87 investigations of which 81 correspond to scientific articles and six books, focused on studied topics that belong 27 of biodiversity, 22 ecology, 13 biogeography and distribution, eight in taxonomy and systematics, eight on conservation issues, three studies on natural history, two ethnozoology and hunting, and finally two general studies, these were carried out between 2007 and 2023. in eight provinces of Ecuador. At the end of the investigation, it was concluded that in 87 studies carried out in the country in its Most were found in the Inter-Andean region, specifically in the province of Pichincha, followed by the province of Guayas, which shows us that the most Larger and more populated areas are predominant in research.