Evaluación del estado de conservación de los bosques montanos en los Andes tropicales

摘要: Tejedor  Garavito,  N.,  Alvarez,  E.,  Arango  Caro,  S.,  Araujo  Murakami,  A.,  Blundo,  C.,  Boza  Espinosa,  T.E.,  La  Torre  Cuadros, M.A., Gaviria, J., Gutierrez, N., Jorgensen, P.M., Leon, B., Lopez Camacho, R., Malizia, L., Millan, Moraes, M. Pacheco, S., Rey  Benayas,  J.M.,  Reynel,  Timana  de  la  Flor,  M.,  Ulloa  Ulloa,  Vacas  Cruz,  O.,  Newton,  A.C.  (2012).  Evaluation  of  the conservation status of montane forest in tropical Andes. Ecosistemas 21(1-2):148-166 The Andes is a unique region with high habitat diversity, resulting from complex climatic and spatial gradients. Andean forests are currently major global priority owing to their species richness level endemism. Nonetheless they considered one least known ecosystems tropics, but breath ecosystem services that these provide, including regulation regional climate capture storage carbon, widely recognised. This article presents an overview challenges it entails. It also provides information on threats, identification those most likely be responsible for increasing extinction risk many species. highlights need acquiring more as identify future priorities region. recent initiative "Red List planning tree Tropical Andes," made delegates several countries region, will provide solid basis developing policies managing responses aimed at reducing deforestation loss forests, actions promote creation protected areas, restoration sustainable management.