Biodiversity and Sustainable Management
of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador

air temperature AM fungi ammonium base data biodiversity biomass Bombuscaro bracken bulk density Cajanuma canopy carbon Cedrela montana chemical elements climate climate under canopy count of leaves dbh DEM dendrometer discharge ECSF electric conductivity elevation fertilization fog precipitation forest forest structure FORMIND fungi gas emission global radiation growth height Holocene humidity hydrochemistry ksat land cover land use landsat Lepidoptera light trapping litterfall llashipa long term monitoring MATRIX matrix potential microbial biomass microcatchment 1 microcatchment 2 moths munsell soil colour mycorrhizal fungi N-cycle native species nitrate nitrogen NUMEX nutrients palynological richness palynology pasture pedology Phenology Pleistocene pollen analysis pore water pressure precipitation pressure head Q1 Q2 Q3 Q5 radial growth change rainwater chemistry raster RCD relative humidity San Francisco soil soil characteristics soil classification soil moisture soil nutrients soil pH soil respiration soil temperature soil texture stream water temperature treatment tree tree growth vegetation dynamics water content water quality wet deposition wind direction wind speed

aboveground biomass air temperature altitudinal gradient aluminium AM fungi Andes artificial neuronal network Behling trap Biodiversity biodiversity Biodiversity conservation calcium carbon stocks climate change clouds collaborative research project conservation payments diversity DOC ECSF Ecuador foliar N FOR816 forest forest and open land forest line forest model FORMIND generalized linear models grain size grassland Holocene hydrochemistry hydrological processes information management system isotopes Lagunas Natosas landslide Late Glacial Lepidoptera light-saturated net photosynthesis mature trees metadatabase microcatchment 2 mineral N mixing model analysis model comparison Modern pollen rain mountain forest multivariate adaptive regression splines MySQL N2O emissions native species nitrate nitrogen NOAA-AVHRR NUMEX nutrient limitation nutrient manipulation Palaeoecology palynology Pampa Paramo pH phosphorus phosphorus availability PHP Pilodyn wood tester Piperaceae Pleistocene Poaceae pollen pollen analysis pollen grain morphology Polylepis Q2 rainwater chemistry realistic forcing reforestation regionalization research group seasonality Setaria sphacelata simulation soil nutrients soil organic matter soil solution South America South Ecuador southern bracken stochastic dominance sulphur thermal structure tracer tree growth tropical lowland forests tropical montane forest uncertainty wood specific gravity Zamora