Camera-trapping Survey on Mammals and Birds in Fuan Guaxi Alsophila Provincial Nature Reserve
To investigate biodiversity in Fujian Fuan Guaxi Alsophila Provincial Nature Reserve,camera-traps were set in 1 km2 grids at 38 sites from August 2019 to December 2020.A total of 3080 independent photographs were collected with a sampling effort of 10512 camera-days.This effort identified 13 wild mammal species(4 orders,11 families)and 17 wild bird species(3 orders,8 fami-lies).According to the relative abundance index(RAI),the top three mammalian species were Muntiacus reevesi,Sus scrofa and Cal-losciurus erythraeus;the top three bird species with the highest were Lophura nycthemera,Myophonus caeruleus and Arborophila gingi-ca.The results of this study can be used as a reference for the monitoring,protection and management of the wild animal resources in the later period of Fuan Guaxi Alsophila Provincial Nature Reserve.