Title
Identification and Characterization of Life Zones at Satipo District in the Tropics of Central Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Parra Vásquez, C.
Suarez Bravo, K.
Soto Aquino, V.
Manrique, S.
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics
Abstract
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.
Volume
1046
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias ambientales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85135190447
Source
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
ISSN of the container
17551307
Conference
12th International Conference on Future Environment and Energy, ICFEE 2022 Virtual, Online 20 January 2022 through 22 January 2022
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus