Taxonomic surrogacy in andean montane forests

Original title: Surrogacía taxonómica en bosque montano andino

Salvador Herrando Pérez
,
María De Los Ángeles La Torre-Cuadros(corresponding author)

*Corresponding author for this work

University of Adelaide
,
Bioestudios Saganta
,
Ingeniería agroforestal
,
World Agroforestry Centre
,
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Article

Peer-review

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output:

Contribution to journal

Article

Peer-review

Original language

Spanish

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 101-105 (5 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Revista Peruana de Biologia (Volume 19, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

Published - 04/2012

Publication status

Published - 04/2012

ISSN

1561-0837

Publication IDs

Scopus: 85044825792

Abstract

Ecological surrogates are environmental or biotic proxies for biodiversity quantification. Their application circumvents logistic constraints and taxonomic voids to sample and identify species, and has become an important tool in conservation and management. In this study, we illustrate a surrogate method using multivariate ordinations, and we apply it to tree data from the Chanchamayo montane forest (Andes, Peru).