Yet Another Empty Forest: Considering the Conservation Value of a Recently Established Tropical Nature Reserve

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	Yet Another Empty Forest: Considering the Conservation Value of a Recently Established Tropical Nature Reserve
	Sreekar R 1,3; Zhang K 2,3; Xu JC 4,5; Harrison RD[*]4,5
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2015
卷号	10 期号:2 页码:e0117920
通讯作者	r.harrison@cgiar.org
合作状况	其它
英文摘要	The primary approach used to conserve tropical biodiversity is in the establishment of protected areas. However, many tropical nature reserves are performing poorly and interventions in the broader landscape may be essential for conserving biodiversity both within reserves and at large. Between October 2010 and 2012, we conducted bird surveys in and around a recently established nature reserve in Xishuangbanna, China. We constructed a checklist of observed species, previously recorded species, and species inferred to have occurred in the area from their distributions and habitat requirements. In addition, we assessed variation in community composition and habitat specificity at a landscape-scale. Despite the fact that the landscape supports a large area of natural forest habitat (similar to 50,000 ha), we estimate that >40% of the bird fauna has been extirpated and abundant evidence suggests hunting is the primary cause. A large proportion (52%) of the bigger birds (>20 cm) were extirpated and for large birds there was a U-shaped relationship between habitat breadth and extirpation probability. Habitat specificity was low and bird communities were dominated by widespread species of limited conservation concern. We question whether extending tropical protected area networks will deliver desired conservation gains, unless much greater effort is channeled into addressing the hunting problem both within existing protected areas and in the broader landscape.
收录类别	SCI
资助信息	Funding for this work was generously provided by the German GIZ/BMZ Making the Mekong Connected, Project No. 08.7860.3- 001.00, through the World Agroforestry Centre, East Asia Node.
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000349493000032
公开日期	2015-03-13
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://159.226.149.42:8088/handle/152453/8279]
专题	昆明动物研究所_动物生态学研究中心昆明动物研究所_遗传资源与进化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China 2.Ecology, Conservation, and Environment Center (ECEC), State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China 3.University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 4.Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China 5.World Agroforestry Centre, East Asia Node, Heilongtan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sreekar R,Zhang K,Xu JC,et al. Yet Another Empty Forest: Considering the Conservation Value of a Recently Established Tropical Nature Reserve[J]. PLOS ONE,2015,10(2):e0117920.
APA	Sreekar R,Zhang K,Xu JC,&Harrison RD[*].(2015).Yet Another Empty Forest: Considering the Conservation Value of a Recently Established Tropical Nature Reserve.PLOS ONE,10(2),e0117920.
MLA	Sreekar R,et al."Yet Another Empty Forest: Considering the Conservation Value of a Recently Established Tropical Nature Reserve".PLOS ONE 10.2(2015):e0117920.