Multi-scale monitoring and modelling for the analysis of the hydrologic response of southern Ecuadorian Andean páramos KU Leuven
Willy Bauwens, Guido Wyseure
The present research is focused on an “alpine” Neotropical grassland ecosystem, situated between ca. 3500 and 4500 m a.s.l. –locally known as “páramo”– which covers the Andean mountains. Below the páramo, the study area hosts other types of high-altitude Andean ecosystems, such as: tropical montane cloud forest and grasslands. The study area is located in the south-west highlands of the Paute River basin that drains to the Amazon River. These ...