Bird conservation in extremely small tropical rainforest patches in southwest China
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Chang X1,2; Quan RC[*]1; Wang L3 |
| 刊名 | BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
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| 出版日期 | 2013 |
| 卷号 | 158期号:X页码:188-195 |
| 关键词 | Bird community Forest fragmentation Rubber plantation Disturbance Similarity index |
| 通讯作者 | quanrc@xtbg.ac.cn |
| 合作状况 | 其它 |
| 英文摘要 | Tropical forests support high levels of avian diversity but these areas have been impacted by extensive deforestation. The lowland tropical rainforest of Xishuangbanna in southwest China is one such impacted hotspot. In this region, rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations have replaced most of the original forest, but numerous small fragments of forest remain. To assess the value of these fragments to avian diversity, we classified the fifteen selected remnant forest patches into three size categories, <1 ha, 1-3 ha, and 36 ha, and conducted avifauna surveys. We found that 97 bird species inhabit the fragments and that bird diversity increases with patch area. The resident species composition similarity index was low among forest patches, both within and across size categories, and also low between the wet and dry seasons. Ground insectivores, frugivores and large bird species were the most vulnerable to habitat fragmentation. Our study encouragingly shows that fragments can play an important role in bird conservation in regions that now lack large tracts of natural forest; however, current patches are too small to support stable annual populations of some species, while others are more tolerant of fragmentation. We discuss these findings and provide conservation strategies to improve bird conservation within rubber plantations in southern China. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 资助信息 | This study was supported as a key project by the Chinese Academy of Science (KSCX2-EW-Q-17) and also partly supported by the West Light program of the Chinese Acad- emy of Sciences. |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000318128300020 |
| 公开日期 | 2013-05-31 |
| 源URL | [http://159.226.149.42:8088/handle/152453/7443]  |
| 专题 | 昆明动物研究所_动物生态学研究中心 |
| 作者单位 | 1.CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China 2.Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 3.Ecology, Conservation, and Environment Center (ECEC), Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS, 32 Jiaochang Donglu, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chang X,Quan RC[*],Wang L. Bird conservation in extremely small tropical rainforest patches in southwest China[J]. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,2013,158(X):188-195. |
| APA | Chang X,Quan RC[*],&Wang L.(2013).Bird conservation in extremely small tropical rainforest patches in southwest China.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,158(X),188-195. |
| MLA | Chang X,et al."Bird conservation in extremely small tropical rainforest patches in southwest China".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 158.X(2013):188-195. |
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