학술논문
An assessment of wetland nature reserves and the protection of China’s vertebrate diversity
Document Type
article
Source
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol 37, Iss 2, Pp 217-225 (2014)
Subject
Language
English
Spanish; Castilian
Spanish; Castilian
ISSN
1578-665X
Abstract
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