Bibliographic citations
Flores, G., (2017). "Biogeografía de un bosque alto andino : historia e impactos del cambio climático en los queñuales peruanos" [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/9057
Flores, G., "Biogeografía de un bosque alto andino : historia e impactos del cambio climático en los queñuales peruanos" []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/9057
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title = ""Biogeografía de un bosque alto andino : historia e impactos del cambio climático en los queñuales peruanos"",
author = "Flores Flores, Gabriela Sofía",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2017"
}
The high Andean areas of Peru are the habitat of the genus Polylepis, an arboreal group of high ecological relevance that concentrates a high diversity of species and that is a source of different ecosystem services. Since ancient times its distribution has been affected by human activities, reason why at the moment its distribution has been reduced to small patches. In the future, due to climate change, its current extent could decrease. This research project had as main objective to determine the distribution of four species of Polylepis (P. weberbaueri, P. sericea, P. incana and P. racemosa), as well as of the genus, in the central Andes of Peru. The current distributions of the species were determined through the collection and georeferentiation of botanical collections in Peru. From this, a Model of Distribution of Species was generated at past, present and future time, applying different climatic variables with different global climate models through Maxent software. Finally, the sites potentially most suitable for the occurrence of the species and the genus Polylepis were found and analyzed in a present, past and future scenario, taking into account the factors that have influenced the distribution of the genus over time.
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