Biological and Social Assessments of the Cordillera De Vilcabamba, Peru

by Alonso, Leeanne E.; Alonso, Alfonso; Schulenberg, Thomas S.; Dallmeier, Francisco

• ISBN13: 9781881173519
• ISBN10: 1881173518
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Under imminent threat from habitat destruction, the northern Cordillera Vilcabamba in the Andes is one of Peru's biologically richest areas. This report presents the results of two recent ecological surveys of this little-known region. Investigating both high and low elevation sites, the surveys discovered several species new to science. For instance, nearly a third of all the butterfly and moth species studied were previously unknown, and a large arboreal rodent species collected may even represent a new genus. This report also provides critical recommendations for effective conservation in the Vilcabamba, as well as a detailed anthropological assessment of resource use by local communities.

Table of Contents

Participants and Authors	6	(6)
Organizational Profiles	12	(3)
Acknowledgments	15	(2)
Preface	17	(1)
Report at a Glance	18	(6)
Executive Summary	24	(9)
Introduction	24	(1)
The CI-RAP and SI/MAB Expeditions	24	(2)
Conservation Recommendations	26	(1)
Summary of Results	27	(1)
Results by Site	28	(5)
Resumen Ejecutivo	33	(11)
Introduction	33	(1)
Las Expediciones del CI-RAP y del SI/MAB	34	(1)
Recommendaciones para la Conservacion	35	(2)
Resumen de Resultados	37	(1)
Resultados Sitio por Sitio	37	(7)
Proposed Protected Areas in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba	44	(4)
Conservation International-Peru (CI-Peru), Asociacion para la Conservacion del Patrimonio del Cultivireni (ACPC), and Centro para el Desarrollo del Indigena Amazonico (CEDIA)
Overview of Efforts to Protect the Cordillera de Vilcabamba	44	(2)
Proposal for Two Communal Reserves and a National Park	46	(2)
Introduction to the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	48	(15)
Based on CI-Peru, ACPC, and CEDIA (1999)
Location and Current Protected Status	48	(1)
Conservation Importance	48	(1)
Challenges and Threats in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba	49	(1)
Cultural Overview	50	(1)
History of Human Activities in the Region	50	(3)
Native Indigenous Groups	53	(4)
Geological/Ecological Overview	57	(6)
Maps of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	63	(2)
Location of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	63	(1)
The Cordillera de Vilcabamba, with CI-RAP and SI/MAB Expedition Sites	64	(1)
Images of the CI-RAP and SI/MAP Expeditions	65	(2)
Chapters	67	(108)
Vegetation
Notes from an overflight of the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabama, Peru	67	(2)
Robin B. Foster
Vegetation of two sites in the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	69	(11)
Brad Boyle
Vegetation of an outer limestone hill in the Central-East Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	80	(5)
Bruce K. Holst
Flora of two sites in the Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba Region, Peru	85	(7)
James Comiskey
Alfonso Alonso
Francisco Dallmeier
Shana Udvardy
Patrick Campbell
Percy Nunez
William Nauray
Rafael de la Colina
Severo Baldeon
Birds
Avifauna of the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	92	(6)
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Grace Servat
Birds of the Southern Vilcabamba Region, Peru	98	(7)
Tatiana Pequeno
Edwin Salazar
Constantino Aucca
Mammals
Mammals of the Northern Vilcabamba Mountain Range, Peru	105	(5)
Louise H. Emmons
Lucia Luna W.
Monica Romo R.
Small Mammals of the Southern Vilcabamba Region, Peru	110	(7)
Sergio Solari
Elena Vivar
Paul Velazco
Juan Jose Rodriguez
Medium and Large Mammals of the Southern Vilcabamba Region, Peru	117	(10)
Juan Jose Rodriguez
Jessica M. Amanzo
Reptiles and Amphibians
The Heretofauna of the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabama, Peru	127	(4)
Lily Rodriguez
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Southern Vilcabamba Region, Peru	131	(7)
Javier Icochea
Eliana Quispitupac
Alfredo Portilla
Elias Ponce
Aquatic Systems
Fishes from the eastern slope of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	138	(2)
Fonchii Chang
Biodiversity Assessment of the Aquatic Systems of the Southern Vilcabamba Region, Peru	140	(7)
Raul Acosta
Max Hidalgo
Edgardo Castro
Norma Salcedo Daisy Reyes
Invertebrates
Lepidoptera of two sites in the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	147	(2)
Gerardo Lamas
Juan Grados
Biodiversity Assessment of Arthropods of the Southern Vilcabamba Region, Peru	149	(15)
Jose Santisteban
Roberto Polo
Gorky Valencia
Saida Cordova
Manuel Laime
Alicia de la Cruz
Social Aspects
Resource use and ecology of the Matsigenka of the eastern slopes of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	164	(11)
Glenn Shepard, Jr.
Avecita Chicchon
Gazetteer	175	(2)
Itinerary	177	(1)
Appendices	178	(2)
1. Proposed Long-term Biodiversity Monitoring of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	180	(2)
Francisco Dallmeier
Alfonso Alonso
2. Vegetation transects from Camp One (3300-3400 m) in the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Departments of Junin and Cusco, Peru	182	(13)
Brad Boyle
Monica Arakaki
Hamilton Beltran
3. Vegetation Transects from Camp Two (2050 m) in the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Department of Junin, Peru	195	(17)
Brad Boyle
Monica Arakaki
Hamilton Beltran
4. Density and species richness, by subsample, of plant transects from the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	212	(2)
Brad Boyle
5. Species richness, by habit category, of plant transects from the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	214	(1)
Brad Boyle
6. Species overlap among plant transects from the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	215	(1)
Brad Boyle
7. Species overlap among forest transects from the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	216	(1)
Brad Boyle
8. Plant transect data from RAP Camp Three (600-1400 m): The east central Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Department of Cusco, Peru	217	(10)
Bruce K. Holst
Monica Arakaki
Hamilton Beltran
9. Plant species found in Whittaker Plots at Llactahuman (1710 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	227	(3)
Percy Nunez
William Nauray
Rafael de la Colina
Severo Baldeon
10. Additional plant species recorded from Llactahuman (1710 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	230	(3)
Percy Nunez
William Nauray
Rafael de la Colina
Severo Baldeon
11. Plant species found in Whittaker Plots at Wayrapata (2445 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	233	(3)
Percy Nunez
William Nauray
Rafael de la Colina
Severo Baldeon
12. Additional plant species recorded from Wayrapata (2445 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	236	(5)
Percy Nunez
William Nauray
Rafael de la Colina
Severo Baldeon
13. Preliminary list of the birds at three sites in the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	241	(8)
Thomas S. Schulenberg
Lawrence Lopez
Grace Servat
Armando Valdes
14. Bird Species Observed at Llactahuman (1710 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	249	(3)
Tatiana Pequeno
Edwin Salazar
Constantino Aucca
15. Bird Species Observed at Wayrapata (2445 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	252	(3)
Tatiana Pequeno
Edwin Salazar
Constantino Aucca
16. Preliminary list of mammals from three sites in the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	255	(3)
Louise Emmons
Lucia Luna W.
Monica Romo R.
17. Bat species collected by Terborgh and Weske on an elevational transect of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	258	(1)
Monica Romo R.
18. Mammal species collected in 1915 by E. Heller in the upper Urubamba valley	259	(3)
Louise Emmons
19. Small mammal diversity from several montane forest localities (1300 - 2800 m) on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes	262	(3)
Sergio Solari
Elena Vivar
Paul Velazco
Juan Jose Rodriquez
20. Preliminary list of amphibians and reptiles at three sites in the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	265	(2)
Lily Rodriguez
Carlos Rivera
21. Species of amphibians and reptiles recorded at Llactahuman and Wayrapata, Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	267	(1)
Javier Icochea
Eliana Quispitupac
Alfredo Portilla
Elias Ponce
22. Fish species recorded in the Rio Picha basin, Peru	268	(2)
Fonchii Chang
23. Principal species of fish consumed in Matsigenka communities along the Rio Picha	270	(1)
Fonchii Chang
Glenn Shepard, Jr.
24. Number of aquatic invertebrate species per family found in quantitative and qualitative sampling at Llactahuman (1710 m) and Wayrapata (2445 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	271	(5)
Raul Acosta
Max Hidalgo
Edgardo Castro
Norma Salcedo
Daisy Reyes
25. Lepidoptera collected at two sites in the Northern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	276	(3)
Gerardo Lamas
Juan Grados
26. Coleoptera sampled in three study plots at Llactahuman (1710 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	279	(5)
Jose Santisteban
Roberto Polo
Gorky Valencia
Saida Cordova
Manuel Laime
Alicia de la Cruz
27. Hymenoptera-Aculeata sampled in three study plots at Llactahuman (1710 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	284	(3)
Jose Santisteban
Roberto Polo
Gorky Valencia
Saida Cordova
Manuel Laime
Alicia de la Cruz
28. Hymenoptera-Aculeata sampled in three study plots at Wayrapata (2445 m), Southern Cordillera de Vilcabamba, Peru	287	(2)
Jose Santisteban
Roberto Polo
Gorky Valencia
Saida Cordova
Manuel Laime
Alicia de la Cruz
29. Crops in ``Daniel's'' gardens	289	(2)
Glenn Shepard, Jr.
Avecita Chicchon
30. Game and other large animals of the Rio Picha	291	(2)
Glenn Shepard, Jr.
Avecita Chicchon
31. Useful palms of the Rio Picha area	293	(1)
Glenn Shepard, Jr.
Avecita Chicchon
32. Posanti Inchatoshipage: The diversity of forest types	294
Glenn Shepard, Jr.
Avecita Chicchon