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Plants of Yanacocha and Verdecocha Reserve Visited by Hummingbirds 1 Francisco Tobar1,4, Tatiana Santander G.1, Esteban A Yanacocha-Verdecocha, Quito, Pichincha-Ecuador Plants of Yanacocha and Verdecocha Reserve visited by hummingbirds 1 Francisco Tobar1,4, Tatiana Santander G.1, Esteban A. Guevara1,2, Álvaro J. Pérez3, Edison Rea3, Daniela Cevallos3, William Artega1, Cristian Poveda1, Bryan G. Rojas1 & Catherine Graham2 2 1Área de Investigación y Monitoreo de Avifauna, Aves y Conservación – BirdLife en Ecuador, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Unit, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 3Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 4Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Photos by: Francisco Tobar, Álvaro Pérez, Tatiana Santander, Aves y Conservación © Francisco Tobar [[email protected]] Support from Swiss Federal Research Institute (WSL) – National Geographic – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) – European Research Council Advanced Grants (ERC) – Aves y Conservación/BirdLife in Ecuador – Rufford Foundation – Jocotoco Foundation (Reserva Yanacocha) –Maldonado Family (Reserva Verdecocha) )LHOG0XVHXP &&%<1&/RVWUDEDMRVFRQHVWDOLFHQFLDVRQOLEUHVGHXVDUFRPSDUWLU UHPH]FODUFRQDWULEXFLyQSHURQRSHUPLWHQHOXVRFRPHUFLDOGHOWUDEDMRRULJLQDO [fieldguides.fieldmusuem.org] [1237] version 1 9/2020 Interactions (EPHI) project aims to understand how and why plant-hummingbird interactions vary across time and environmental gradients. This knowledge is fundamental to develop a predictive science of biotic interactions which are the backbone of ecological processes, critical for human wellbeing, like pollination and seed dispersal. In the current pace of global change this understanding is relevant to conservation efforts, especially in systems like Yanacocha that hold several threatened species like the Black-breasted Puffleg which is an important pollinator for several plants. We would like to thank the following collaborators: Jocotoco Foundation (Reserva Yanacocha), Maldonado Family (Reserva Verdecocha), GAD Parroquial de Nono, Rolando Hipo, Wilson Hipo, Silvio Calderón, Jefferson García, José Antonio Dávila, Gabriela Manzano and Ibeth Alarcón. 1 Bomarea hirsuta 2 Bomarea lutea 3 Bomarea multiflora 4 Bomarea patacocensis 5 Schefflera sp. ALSTROEMERIACEAE ALSTROEMERIACEAE ALSTROEMERIACEAE ALSTROEMERIACEAE ARALIACEAE 6 Schefflera sp. 7 Barnadesia spinosa 8 Berberis grandiflora 9 Berberis grandiflora 10 Berberis paniculata ARALIACEAE ASTERACEAE BERBERIDACEAE BERBERIDACEAE BERBERIDACEAE Yanacocha-Verdecocha, Quito, Pichincha-Ecuador Plants of Yanacocha and Verdecocha Reserve visited by hummingbirds 2 Francisco Tobar1,4, Tatiana Santander G.1, Esteban A. Guevara1,2, Álvaro J. Pérez3, Edison Rea3, Daniela Cevallos3, William Artega1, Cristian Poveda1, Bryan G. Rojas1 & Catherine Graham2 2 1Área de Investigación y Monitoreo de Avifauna, Aves y Conservación – BirdLife en Ecuador, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Unit, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 3Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 4Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Photos by: Francisco Tobar, Álvaro Pérez, Tatiana Santander, Aves y Conservación © Francisco Tobar [[email protected]] Support from Swiss Federal Research Institute (WSL) – National Geographic – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) – European Research Council Advanced Grants (ERC) – Aves y Conservación/BirdLife in Ecuador – Rufford Foundation – Jocotoco Foundation (Reserva Yanacocha) –Maldonado Family (Reserva Verdecocha) )LHOG0XVHXP &&%<1&/RVWUDEDMRVFRQHVWDOLFHQFLDVRQOLEUHVGHXVDUFRPSDUWLU UHPH]FODUFRQDWULEXFLyQSHURQRSHUPLWHQHOXVRFRPHUFLDOGHOWUDEDMRRULJLQDO [fieldguides.fieldmusuem.org] [1237] version 1 9/2020 11 Guzmania bakeri 12 Guzmania bakeri 13 Racinaea tetrantha 14 Racinaea tetrantha 15 Tillandsia polyantha BROMELIACEAE BROMELIACEAE BROMELIACEAE BROMELIACEAE BROMELIACEAE 16 Tillandsia polyantha 17 Burmeistera glabrata 18 Burmeistera glabrata 19 Centropogon dissectus 20 Centropogon llanganatensis BROMELIACEAE CAMPANULACEAE CAMPANULACEAE CAMPANULACEAE CAMPANULACEAE 22 Centropogon pichinchensis 22 Siphocampylus rupestris 23 Cleome anomala 24 Clethra ovalifolia 25 Clethra ovalifolia CAMPANULACEAE CAMPANULACEAE CLEOMACEAE CLETHRACEAE CLETHRACEAE 26 Weinmannia pinnata 27 Weinmannia pinnata 28 Disterigma acuminatum 29 Disterigma acuminatum 30 Disterigma codonanthum CUNONIACEAE CUNONIACEAE ERICACEAE ERICACEAE ERICACEAE Yanacocha-Verdecocha, Quito, Pichincha-Ecuador Plants of Yanacocha and Verdecocha Reserve visited by hummingbirds 3 Francisco Tobar1,4, Tatiana Santander G.1, Esteban A. Guevara1,2, Álvaro J. Pérez3, Edison Rea3, Daniela Cevallos3, William Artega1, Cristian Poveda1, Bryan G. Rojas1 & Catherine Graham2 2 1Área de Investigación y Monitoreo de Avifauna, Aves y Conservación – BirdLife en Ecuador, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Unit, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 3Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 4Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Photos by: Francisco Tobar, Álvaro Pérez, Tatiana Santander, Aves y Conservación © Francisco Tobar [[email protected]] Support from Swiss Federal Research Institute (WSL) – National Geographic – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) – European Research Council Advanced Grants (ERC) – Aves y Conservación/BirdLife in Ecuador – Rufford Foundation – Jocotoco Foundation (Reserva Yanacocha) –Maldonado Family (Reserva Verdecocha) )LHOG0XVHXP &&%<1&/RVWUDEDMRVFRQHVWDOLFHQFLDVRQOLEUHVGHXVDUFRPSDUWLU UHPH]FODUFRQDWULEXFLyQSHURQRSHUPLWHQHOXVRFRPHUFLDOGHOWUDEDMRRULJLQDO [fieldguides.fieldmusuem.org] [1237] version 1 9/2020 31 Disterigma noyesiae 32 Disterigma noyesiae 33 Gaultheria foliosa 34 Gaultheria glomerata 35 Gaultheria insipida ERICACEAE ERICACEAE ERICACEAE ERICACEAE ERICACEAE 36 Macleania rupestris 37 Macleania rupestris 38 Pernettya prostrata 39 Pernettya prostrata 40 Thibaudia floribunda ERICACEAE ERICACEAE ERICACEAE ERICACEAE ERICACEAE 41 Vaccinium floribundum 42 Columnea dielsii 43 Columnea dielsii 44 Columnea strigosa 45 Columnea strigosa ERICACEAE GESNERIACEAE GESNERIACEAE GESNERIACEAE GESNERIACEAE 46 Glossoloma cf. scandens 47 Heppiella repens 48 Heppiella repens 49 Salvia pauciserrata 50 Salvia pauciserrata GESNERIACEAE GESNERIACEAE GESNERIACEAE LAMIACEAE LAMIACEAE Yanacocha-Verdecocha, Quito, Pichincha-Ecuador Plants of Yanacocha and Verdecocha Reserve visited by hummingbirds 4 Francisco Tobar1,4, Tatiana Santander G.1, Esteban A. Guevara1,2, Álvaro J. Pérez3, Edison Rea3, Daniela Cevallos3, William Artega1, Cristian Poveda1, Bryan G. Rojas1 & Catherine Graham2 2 1Área de Investigación y Monitoreo de Avifauna, Aves y Conservación – BirdLife en Ecuador, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Unit, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 3Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 4Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Photos by: Francisco Tobar, Álvaro Pérez, Tatiana Santander, Aves y Conservación © Francisco Tobar [[email protected]] Support from Swiss Federal Research Institute (WSL) – National Geographic – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) – European Research Council Advanced Grants (ERC) – Aves y Conservación/BirdLife in Ecuador – Rufford Foundation – Jocotoco Foundation (Reserva Yanacocha) –Maldonado Family (Reserva Verdecocha) )LHOG0XVHXP &&%<1&/RVWUDEDMRVFRQHVWDOLFHQFLDVRQOLEUHVGHXVDUFRPSDUWLU UHPH]FODUFRQDWULEXFLyQSHURQRSHUPLWHQHOXVRFRPHUFLDOGHOWUDEDMRRULJLQDO [fieldguides.fieldmusuem.org] [1237] version 1 9/2020 51 Salvia pichinchensis 52 Nasa grandiflora 53 Nasa grandiflora 54 Aetanthus macranthus 55 Gaiadendron punctatum LAMIACEAE LOASACEAE LOASACEAE LORANTHACEAE LORANTHACEAE 56 Brachyotum gleasonii 57 Brachyotum JUDFLOHVFHQV 58 Brachyotum ledifolium 59 Miconia bracteolata 60 Miconia corymbiformis MELASTOMATACEAE MELASTOMATACEAE MELASTOMATACEAE MELASTOMATACEAE MELASTOMATACEAE 61 Miconia sp. 62 Miconia sp.1 63 Passiflora cumbalensis 64 Fuchsia ayavacensis 65 Fuchsia corolOata MELASTOMATACEAE MELASTOMATACEAE PASSIFLORACEAE ONAGRACEAE ONAGRACEAE 66 Fuchsia vulcanica 67 Fuchsia vulcanica 68 Elleanthus amesthystinus 69 Elleanthus aurantiacus 70 Elleanthus gastroglottis ONAGRACEAE ONAGRACEAE ORCHIDACEAE ORCHIDACEAE ORCHIDACEAE Yanacocha-Verdecocha, Quito, Pichincha-Ecuador Plants of Yanacocha and Verdecocha Reserve visited by hummingbirds 5 Francisco Tobar1,4, Tatiana Santander G.1, Esteban A. Guevara1,2, Álvaro J. Pérez3, Edison Rea3, Daniela Cevallos3, William Artega1, Cristian Poveda1, Bryan G. Rojas1 & Catherine Graham2 2 1Área de Investigación y Monitoreo de Avifauna, Aves y Conservación – BirdLife en Ecuador, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Unit, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 3Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 4Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Photos by: Francisco Tobar, Álvaro Pérez, Tatiana Santander, Aves y Conservación © Francisco Tobar [[email protected]] Support from Swiss Federal Research Institute (WSL) – National Geographic – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) – European Research Council Advanced Grants (ERC) – Aves y Conservación/BirdLife in Ecuador – Rufford Foundation – Jocotoco Foundation (Reserva Yanacocha) –Maldonado Family (Reserva Verdecocha) )LHOG0XVHXP &&%<1&/RVWUDEDMRVFRQHVWDOLFHQFLDVRQOLEUHVGHXVDUFRPSDUWLU UHPH]FODUFRQDWULEXFLyQSHURQRSHUPLWHQHOXVRFRPHUFLDOGHOWUDEDMRRULJLQDO [fieldguides.fieldmusuem.org] [1237] version 1 9/2020 71 Elleanthus gracilis 72 Epidendrum mesogastropodium 73 Rubus roseus 74 Palicourea amethystina 75 Palicourea
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