Table 1: List of the forest fragments on the western slope of the Andes in northern Peru. In some cases neither the precise locality, state of conservation nor altitudes are documented in the literature.

 

Dpto.

Prov.

nombre del bosque

altitudes (m)

localización

estado de conservación

extensión aproximada (ha)

Piura

Huancabamba

Canchaque

1,800—2,500

04˚ 30´ S, 079˚ 05´ W - 05˚ 22´ S, 079˚ 36´ W6

largely destroyed

1,000

Piura

Morropón

Chalaco

?

?

unknown

unknown

Piura

Morropón

Mijal

2,350—3,350

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conserved

unknown

Piura

Ayabaca?

Huamba

ca. 2,500

04˚ 43´ S, 079˚ 31´ W

unknown

unknown

Piura

Ayabaca

El Toldo[1]

 

2,800–-3,100

04˚ 40´ S, 079˚ 31´ W

partly conserved

various fragments, one of them ca. 400

Piura

Ayabaca

Aypate1(Ayabaca)

 

2,800–-3,100

04˚ 42´ S, 079˚ 35´ W

conserved

600–800

Piura

Ayabaca

Los Molinos1(Ayabaca)

2,200–-3,100

04˚ 36´ S, 079˚ 44´ W

conserved

400

Piura

Ayabaca

Bosque Cuyas1, [2] (Ayabaca)

2,200–-3,100

04˚ 36´ S, 079˚ 44´ W

partly conserved

600

Cajamarca

Contumazá

Bosque de San Mateo3, 6 (Cachil)

2,400—2,700

07˚ 24´ S, 078´ 47´ W

conserved

ca. 100

Cajamarca

Santa Cruz/

San Miguel de Pallaques

Bosque de Monteseco3, 6 (La Florida, Taulis)

 

1,500—2,800

06˚ 52´ S, 079˚ 05´ W

partly destroyed

 

2,500

Cajamarca

Cutervo

Bosque de Cutervo3, 6

2,500—2,500

06˚ 05´ S, 078˚ 40—53´ W

partly destroyed

 

2,500-3,000

Cajamarca

Chota

Ucshahuilca[3],6 (Pagaibamba)

2,300—2,800

06° 24´ S, 079° 01´ W6

partly conserved

1000 ca. 21006

Cajamarca

Chota

Las Palmas3

2,400—2,800

06˚ 24´ S, 079˚ 01´ W

highly fragemented and partly converted to field

500

<1006

Cajamarca

San Miguel de Pallaques

Tongod3,6-Quellahorco

 

2,600—2,700

06˚ 30´ S, 078˚ 38´ W -

06˚ 49´ -78˚ 46´ W6

highly fragemented

200

Cajamarca

San Miguel de Pallaques

Santa Rosa – El Palmo

 

?

?

unknown

unknown

Cajamarca

San Miguel de Pallaques

La Oscurana[4] (Niepos y Corral Viejo)

2,000—2,800

06˚ 90´ S, 079˚ 08´ W

conserved

Ca. 65

Cajamarca

Prov. San Miguel de Pallaques

Cerro Quillón

3,320—3,500

07˚ 01´ S, 079˚ 4´ W

conserved

Ca. 50

Cajamarca

Cutervo

Querocotillo-Granadillo-Shinshin Sur - Río Chotano

?

?

unknown

unknown

Cajamarca

San Miguel de Pallaques/ Santa Cruz

Los Cedros y Cascarilla

2,500—2,800

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conserved

2,500

Lambayeque

Ferreñafe

Kañaris[5] (Upaipeta)

750—4,000

06˚ 02´ S, 079˚ 15´ W

conserved

13,800

Lambayeque

Ferreñafe

Bosques de Yatrapa

 

?

?

conserved

unknown

Lambayeque

Ferreñafe

Bosques Chillama- Mamahuaca-Bosque  del Cerro Pluto (Santa Lucía Kañaris)

?

?

conserved

unknown

La libertad

 

Gran Chimú

Bosque de Lucma (Callanquitas)

2,200—2,600

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largely destroyed, fragmented

ca. 200

 

 

 

 



[1] Vellinga et al. 2004

[2] Vellinga et al. give one grid reference for Cuyas and Los Molinos, but separate sizes.

[3] Dillon 1994

[4] Juarez et al, infra.

[5] Llatas Quiroz, infra

6 Sagástegui et al., 2003