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

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117920

	Yet Another Empty Forest: Considering the Conservation Value of a Recently Established Tropical Nature Reserve
	Sreekar, Rachakonda 1,3; Zhang, Kai 2,3; Xu, Jianchu4,5 ; Harrison, Rhett D.4,5; Harrison,RD (reprint author),Chinese Acad Sci,Kunming Inst Bot,Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog,Kunming,Peoples R China.; r.harrison@cgiar.org
	2015-02-10
发表期刊	PLOS ONE
卷号	10 期号:2 页码:e0117920
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.
学科领域	Multidisciplinary Sciences
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0117920
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000349493000032
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/20647
专题	中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室
通讯作者	Harrison,RD (reprint author),Chinese Acad Sci,Kunming Inst Bot,Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog,Kunming,Peoples R China.; r.harrison@cgiar.org
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Menglun, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ecol Conservat & Environm Ctr, Kunming Inst Zool, State Key Lab Genet Resources & Evolut, Kunming, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming, Peoples R China 5.World Agroforestry Ctr, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sreekar, Rachakonda,Zhang, Kai,Xu, Jianchu,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, Rachakonda,Zhang, Kai,Xu, Jianchu,Harrison, Rhett D.,Harrison,RD ,&r.harrison@cgiar.org.(2015).Yet Another Empty Forest: Considering the Conservation Value of a Recently Established Tropical Nature Reserve.PLOS ONE,10(2),e0117920.
MLA	Sreekar, Rachakonda,et al."Yet Another Empty Forest: Considering the Conservation Value of a Recently Established Tropical Nature Reserve".PLOS ONE 10.2(2015):e0117920.

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