TY  - JOUR
T1  - Bromeliads of the Aguarongo Protective Forest-Ecuador and
Adaptation to Climate Change
AU - Fredi, Farfan AU - Paul, Parra Rubio AU - Arichavala, Zumba Daniel 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 6
SP  - 1619
EP  - 1622
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.1619.1622
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.1619.1622
KW  - Climate change
KW  -bromeliads
KW  -biodiversity
KW  -preserve
KW  -ecosystem
AB  - This research tries to demonstrate the relevance of the vegetal species of <i>Bromeliaceae</i> within the ecosystem of the BPA (Aguarongo protective forest), a protected area of great importance for our country since it represents a large reserve of plants native to the area, this study was prepared in order to raise awareness and encourage future research within the protected areas of the country. For our purposes, we started from a series of site visits to the forest to gain access to the areas of study and delimit the chosen areas; then we proceeded to count and do the necessary calculation to determine abundance and diversity for which we applied the methodology of the diversity and richness of species indexes by Shannon-Wiener and Simpson with the species <i>Tillandsia complanata</i> and <i>Racineae tetrantha</i> being predominant in the forest. Given the diversity and quantity of found species of bromeliads in the Aguarongo, a mass abundant flora is established and it takes the picture of the carbon from the cities and adjacent villages to improve the conditions of the air in the forest, an essential element in the fight against climate change.
ER  -