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

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

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	Seed Plant Species Diversity and Conservation in the Northern Gaoligong Mountains in Western Yunnan, China
	Li, Rong; Dao, Zhiling; Li, Heng
刊名	MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
	2011-05-01
卷号	31 期号:2 页码:160-165
关键词	Seed Plant Species Diversity Endemic Species Habitat Conservation Northern Gaoligong Mountains China
ISSN号	0276-4741
DOI	10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00056.1
通讯作者	liheng@mail.kib.ac.cn
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	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.
学科主题	Physical ; Environmental Sciences ; Geography
WOS关键词	BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; EAST-ASIA ; PRIORITIES ; BIOGEOGRAPHY ; EVOLUTION ; RICHNESS ; ENDEMISM ; PROVINCE
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Physical Geography
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000291468800010
资助机构	US National Science Foundation[DEB-0103795]; National Natural Science Foundation of China[39670086]; National Geographic Society[6011-97]; knowledge innovation engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[2010KIBA06]
公开日期	2012-03-16
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.kib.ac.cn:8080/handle/151853/3946]
专题	昆明植物研究所_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	Li, Rong,Dao, Zhiling,Li, Heng. Seed Plant Species Diversity and Conservation in the Northern Gaoligong Mountains in Western Yunnan, China[J]. MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,2011,31(2):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.