Abstract

CARO-CARO, Clara Inés; TORRES-MORA, Marco Aurelio  and  BARAJAS-BARBOSA, Martha Paola. STRATEGIC ECOSYSTEMS AND AVIFAUNA HABITAT AVAILABILITY IN THE PLAINS PIEDMONT (COLOMBIA) AS POSSIBLE AVIAN DANGER. Luna Azul [online]. 2014, n.39, pp.25-39. ISSN 1909-2474.

Given the diversity and range of natural or artificial areas for avifauna in the Plains piedmont and the Orinoco river basin, it is necessary to carry out inspections and monitoring of concentration of bird outbreaks as a potential hazard to air navigation. For this purpose, the municipality of Villavicencio (Meta, Colombia) was made reference to establish two different levels of evaluation, including the areas of airports and the Reciclante Ecological Park. At each level identified induction visits, adjustment of habitat categories, coverage characterization and land use, and identification of strategic ecosystems based on the concept of environmental services, especially habitat supply were performed. The observations allowed the categorization of level 1 and 2, habitats influence in forest ecosystems, grasslands, aquatic ecosystems, agro ecosystems and the presence of urban and productive infrastructure, central focus for birds of potential importance in aviary hazard.

Keywords : Biodiversity; Orinoquia; land coverage and use; airworthiness, birds.

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