Figure 3

Location of the study area in the southern part of Ecuador (left) and its three main elevational levels from 3000 to 1000 m a.s.l. (white boxes from left to right). Map created in QGIS 3.14.16-Pi (https://qgis.org/). Background imagery (right): Landsat-8 true-color composite (in courtesy of USGS, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/).