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Book SynopsisIn 1993 and 1994, two Rapid Assessment Program teams conducted biological surveys in the Cordillera del Condor between Ecuador and Peru, one of the largest intact regions of Andean lower montane forest. This book presents the results of their surveys. The great topographical and geological complexity of this region, combined with a climate of year-round humidity, have resulted in very high plant species diversity. This diversity of habitats and species with restricted distributions makes the Condor an important refuge for many taxa.
Table of ContentsParticipants Organizational Profiles Acknowledgments Foreword Overview Summary of Results Conservation Opportunities Technical Report Botany and Landscape of the Rio Nangaritza Basin Vegetation and Flora of the Eastern Slopes of the Cordillera del Condor Birds of the Cordillera del Condor Mammal Fauna of the Cordillera del Condor Reptiles and Amphibians of the Cordillera del Condor Icthyofauna of the Cordillera del Condor Lepidoptera of the Cordillera del Condor Literature Cited Gazetteer Appendices 1: Plant Collections from the Rio Nangaritza Basin 2: Plant Collections from Cerro Machinaza and the Upper Rio Comainas 3: Plant Transect Data from the Summit of Cerro Machinaza, Upper Rio Comainas 4: Orchids of the Upper Rio Comainas 5: Bird Species Recorded at Three Sites on the Northern and Western Slopes 6: Birds of the Upper Rio Comainas 7: Mammals of the Northern and Western Slopes 8: Mammals of the Upper Rio Comainas 9: Mammals of the Rio Cenepa Basin 10: Amphibian and Reptile Species Recorded in the Northern and Western Cordillera del Condor 11: Simmons' Herpetological Collection from the Western Slopes of the Cordillera del Condor 12: Amphibian and Reptile Species of the Upper Rio Comainas 13: Systematic List of the Fish Fauna of the Rio Nangaritza 14: Systematic List of the Fish Fauna of the Upper Rio Comainas 15: Lepidoptera of the Cordillera del Condor 16: Scarabacinac Beetle (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae) Species Collected in the Cordillera del Condor
