Identification and Characterization of Life Zones at Satipo District in the Tropics of Central Peru

Parra-Vásquez C.; Suarez-Bravo K.; Caballero-Salas R.; Soto-Aquino V.; Alvarez-Montalván C.; Manrique S. · IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (2022) · DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1046/1/012003

Resumen

At present, the life zones have undergone great changes due to anthropic activities, so the present study was carried out with the aim of identifying and characterizing the life zones of the Satipo district. The applied methodology was the Holdridge life zone classification, the meteorological variables were analyzed, the vegetation cover was identified, also using the ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI and Microsoft Excel software, the data analysis and field information were processed. In the investigation of bioclimatic factors they show that there are four important determinants: Annual biotemperature, mean annual accumulation, humidity provinces and attitudinal levels. Noticing the decline of forests, overpopulation, among others, many companies are choosing to reduce products that lead to the loss of life zones. In the district of Satipo, three life zones were identified and two of a transitory nature of the one hundred and twenty-Three existing ones. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios; Universidad Continental; Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú; Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Selva Central Juan Santos Atahualpa