Analysis of the coastal fox (Lycalopex sechurae) habitat in Lambayeque region and a proposal of ecological corridors using GIS tools

2016 
espanolEl zorro costeno o zorro de Sechura, cuyo nombre cientifico es Lycalopex sechurae, se distribuye entre las zonas del noroeste de Ecuador y la costa central del Peru. Aun existe poca informacion sobre la biologia del zorro costeno y su papel dentro de los ecosistemas que forman parte de su habitat. En la actualidad el habitat del zorro costeno esta bajo una situacion de fragmentacion por la intervencion antropica. En esta investigacion se presenta la informacion sintetizada de las caracteristicas biologicas, ecologicas y distribucion geografica del zorro costeno, dentro de la cual se conocio su estado de amenaza y persecucion, por lo cual se requieren estrategias de conservacion, siendo el enfoque central la propuesta de corredores ecologicos. A partir de la herramienta Corridor Designer, una extension de ArcGIS, se pudo uniformizar la resolucion de las variables naturales, antropicas, troficas y de proteccion, con las cuales se obtuvo una aptitud de habitat entre el ACP Chaparri y el ACR Huacrupe La Calera, las que se conectaron a partir del diseno de dos diferentes corredores ecologicos, llegando a la conclusion de que ambos son funcionales, aunque el primer resultado de corredor vendria a ser mas eficiente y potencial para llevarlo a la practica y a la realidad. EnglishThe coastal fox or Sechura’s fox, whose scientific name is Lycalopex sechurae, is distributed among the areas of Ecuador’s northwest and the central coast of Peru. There is still little information about the biology of coastal fox and its role in ecosystems that are part of its habitat. Today the coastal fox habitat is under a state of fragmentation by human intervention. In this research, synthesized information about biological, ecological and geographical distribution of coastal fox is presented; with the status of threat and persecution, so conservation strategies are required, and this research focused on propose ecological corridors. The Corridor Designer, an extension of ArcGIS tools, could standardize the resolution of natural, anthropogenic, trophic and protective variables, and with those variables an habitat suitability between the ACP Chaparri and the ACR Huacrupe La Calera was obtained, which are connected from the design of two different ecological corridors, concluding that both are functional, although the first result of corridor would become more efficient and potential to put into the practice and reality.
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