An assessment of wetland nature reserves and the protection of China’s vertebrate diversity

We assessed all 148 wetland nature reserves in China and the distribution of the four taxa of endemic and threatened terrestrial vertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. Assessment of the wetland nature reserves was combined with the governmental list of the endemic and threatened verte...

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Main Authors: Sun, R., Zheng, Y., Lei, T., Cui, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona 2014-12-01
Series:Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
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Online Access:http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC_37-2_pp_217-225.pdf
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Summary:We assessed all 148 wetland nature reserves in China and the distribution of the four taxa of endemic and threatened terrestrial vertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. Assessment of the wetland nature reserves was combined with the governmental list of the endemic and threatened vertebrates to identify the richness of the species. Species richness was scored as high, medium or low using a factor analysis method, and 31 wetland ecosystems were marked as high protection areas. The relationship between the threatened species and the endemic species in the reserves was also analyzed. We found that both richness patterns were similar. Based on the richness study, a nature reserve classification system with corresponding
ISSN:1578-665X