Seed Plant Species Diversity and Conservation in the Northern Gaoligong Mountains in Western Yunnan, China

doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00056.1

	Seed Plant Species Diversity and Conservation in the Northern Gaoligong Mountains in Western Yunnan, China
	Li, Rong; Dao, Zhiling; Li, Heng
通讯作者	liheng@mail.kib.ac.cn
	2011-05-01
发表期刊	MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ISSN	0276-4741
卷号	31 期号:2 页码:160-165
摘要	Plant species diversity was surveyed in the northern Gaoligong Mountains of western Yunnan, China, from 1990 to 2006. During the floristic surveys of seed plants, 2514 native species and 302 varieties (or subspecies) belonging to 778 genera in 171 families were recorded. We also found that 12 families are endemic to eastern Asia, 14 genera and 1232 taxa are endemic to China, and 132 taxa are endemic to the northern Gaoligong Mountains. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Categories and Criteria, 25 threatened taxa identified in the survey are endemic to this region. The flora is rich because of the role the northern Gaoligong Mountains played as a center of species diversification during the uplift of the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau in the Quaternary and as a refuge during the last glacial maximum. Unfortunately, this biodiversity faces massive threats because of the combined effect of habitat destruction or fragmentation and overexploitation of natural resources. Taking into consideration that human population growth will further increase pressure on this biodiversity in the near future, we suggest that conservation priority be given to the endemic plants, as well as to the habitats of primarily evergreen broad-leaved forest, coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest, and alpine shrub and meadows.
关键词	Seed Plant Species Diversity Endemic Species Habitat Conservation Northern Gaoligong Mountains China
学科领域	Physical ; Environmental Sciences ; Geography
DOI	10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00056.1
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000291468800010
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/3946
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
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650204, Yunnan Province, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rong Li, Zhiling Dao, Heng Li. 2011. Seed plant species diversity and conservation in the northern Gaoligong mountains in western Yunnan, China. Mountain Research and Development 31: 160-165.
APA	Li, Rong,Dao, Zhiling,&Li, Heng.(2011).Seed Plant Species Diversity and Conservation in the Northern Gaoligong Mountains in Western Yunnan, China.MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,31(2),160-165.
MLA	Li, Rong,et al."Seed Plant Species Diversity and Conservation in the Northern Gaoligong Mountains in Western Yunnan, China".MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 31.2(2011):160-165.

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