Camera-Trapping Survey of Mammalian Biodiversity in the Wuyishan National Park,Fujian
Wuyishan National Park is the priority area for biodiversity conservation in China.However,our understand-ing of mammal species diversity in the park remains unclear.In order to understand its species diversity of mammals,162 infrared camera traps were placed in 125 grid cells(1 km×1 km per cell)from December 2018 to September 2021.A total of 9 225 independent mammal photographs were taken with a sampling effort of 42 078 camera-days.The survey re-corded 23 species of wild mammalian belonging to 6 orders and 13 families.Among the identified species,Manis pentadac-tyla and Muntiacus crinifrons are the class Ⅰ nationally key protected wildlife,and 6 species are the class Ⅱ nationally key protected wildlife.The relative abundance index and grid occupancy of Muntiacus vaginalis,Muntiacus reevesi,Sus scrofa,and Macaca thibetana were high.The proportion of existing mammals threatened in the area was high,with 30.4%and 60.8%respectively in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the Red List of China's Vertebrates.The spatial distri-bution of mammal diversity in the park was affected by human activities,and the relative species abundance index was dis-tributed in a medium-peak pattern from low to high along the elevation gradient.This study preliminarily investigates the species composition,spatial distribution and relative abundance of large and medium-sized mammals in the park,improves the mammal cataloguing information,and thus provides important basic information for further protection,management and planning of national parks.
Wuyishan National Parkbiodiversity inventorycamera trappingwildlife monitoring
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