Distribución espacial de tres especies forestales en el bosque de ceja andina utilizando imágenes satelitales rapideye en la parroquia Achupallas, cantón Alaus{i, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

This research aims to distribute especially three forest species in the andean cloud forest using RapidEye satellite imagery in the parish of Achupallas Alausi canton, Chimborazo province; using ENVI 5.0 and ArcMap 10.2 software, in order to determine to what extent can zone a forest species, the species selected were Chusque scandens, Clusia multiflora and Vallea stipularis because of the ecological interest they represent, making verification in situ from the inventory project biogeographic characterization, at the same time control points allowed to perform the first zoning andean cloud forest and then from those new study area zoning species were studied, to do it control points for each species considering that everyone should be minimal patches of 5x5 meters and cover the resolution presented by the satellite image thus patches could just be found to Chusque scandens and Vallea stipularis, while for Clusia multiflora only individual trees were found, that is why this species was not taken into account in subsequent processes, once the raking a total of 726. 907 ha for Chusque scandens was determined and 31.064 ha for Vallea stipularis, to corroborate that the areas generated by the software represent each species, the spectral signature was obtained by analyzing digital levels for each band from descriptive stadistics Excel it allowed to calculate the coefficient of variation, with less than 1 for all bands forming the spectral signature of the species under study, acoording to (Edwin Galindo 2015) who indicates that firms are homogenous, validating the areas obtained, information and processes generated will be applicable for other species in different ecosystems in Ecuador. KEY WORDS: Forest species, Andean cloud forest, RapidEye satellite imagery.