funded by Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja(UTPL-PROY_INV_CCBIO_2020_2773 and research scholarshipⅠ-Ⅱ-ⅢCONV).
Background:Andean montane forests(AMF)are biodiversity hotspots that provide fundamental hydrological services as well as carbon storage and sequestration.In recent decades,southern Ecuador AMFs have been seriously th...