Mammals and birds survey using camera trapping in Dinghushan and its surrounding forests, Guangdong Province

doi:10.17520/biods.2020166

Abstract

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In this study, we monitored terrestrial birds and mammals based on the 60 camera trapping sites (each with 1 km × 1 km grid) from three monitoring plots in the Dinghushan National Nature Reserve and its surrounding forests (Lankeshan Provincial Nature Reserve and Xiaoxiang forest) in Guangdong Province. A total of 11,725 independent images were collected with up to 34,212 camera-days from January 2017 to December 2018. We recorded 75 species belonging to 13 orders, 32 families, and 63 genera. There were 12 mammal species and 63 bird species, among which Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) was listed as Class І National Key Protected and 9 species were listed as Class II National Key Protected Species in China. According to the relative abundance index (RAI), the top three mammal species with highest RAIs were Sus scrofa, Melogale moschata, and Muntiacus vaginalis. The top three avian species with highest RAI were Lophura nycthemera, Geokichla citrina, and Myophonus caeruleus. The top three mammal and bird species with highest RAI were mostly consistent among the monitoring plots. Silver pheasant had the highest RAI in Dinghushan. Prionailurus bengalensis was ranked third after Sus scrofa and Melogale moschata in Xiaoxiang forest. The top three avian species with the highest RAIs in Lankeshan were Garrulax canorus, Bambusicola thoracicus, and Leiothrix lutea. This study provides basic data for biodiversity monitoring and assessment in the Dinghushan National Nature Reserve and its surrounding forests.

Key words: camera trapping, Dinghushan, Lankeshan, Xiaoxiang, nature reserve, species inventory

Zongji Fan, Xuejun Ouyang, Yaqiong Wan, Wenhong Xiao, Wengui Xie, Shikun Ou, Xijie Deng, Zhongliang Huang, Zhishu Xiao. Mammals and birds survey using camera trapping in Dinghushan and its surrounding forests, Guangdong Province[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2020, 28(9): 1147-1153.

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	行政区域 Geographical location	面积 Area (km²)	植被 Vegetation	林地类型 Forest land types	保护级别 Protection level
鼎湖山 Dinghushan	鼎湖区 Dinghu District	11.33	自然 Nature	保护区 Reserve	国家级 National
烂柯山 Lankeshan	鼎湖区、高要区 Dinghu District, Gaoyao District	79.61	自然 Nature	保护区 Reserve	省级 Provincial
小湘 Xiaoxiang	高要区 Gaoyao District	133.33	人工 Artificial	集体林地 Collective woodland	-

	行政区域 Geographical location	面积 Area (km²)	植被 Vegetation	林地类型 Forest land types	保护级别 Protection level
鼎湖山 Dinghushan	鼎湖区 Dinghu District	11.33	自然 Nature	保护区 Reserve	国家级 National
烂柯山 Lankeshan	鼎湖区、高要区 Dinghu District, Gaoyao District	79.61	自然 Nature	保护区 Reserve	省级 Provincial
小湘 Xiaoxiang	高要区 Gaoyao District	133.33	人工 Artificial	集体林地 Collective woodland	-

内容 Item	鼎湖山 Dinghushan	烂柯山 Lankeshan	小湘 Xiaoxiang	合计 Total
网格数 Grids	20	20	20	60
相机工作有效时长(相机日) Camera-trapping effort (d)	11,553	11,370	11,289	34,212
相机丢失时长(相机日) Missing camera-trapping effort (d)	3,496	1,350	1,159	6,005
有效照片数 Number of valid photograph	28,217	15,671	24,489	68,377
独立有效照片数 Number of independent photograph	5,242	2,500	3,983	11,725
记录兽类物种数 Number of mammal species	12	8	10	12
记录鸟类物种数 Number of bird species	43	37	53	63
记录总物种数 Total species	55	45	63	75

内容 Item	鼎湖山 Dinghushan	烂柯山 Lankeshan	小湘 Xiaoxiang	合计 Total
网格数 Grids	20	20	20	60
相机工作有效时长(相机日) Camera-trapping effort (d)	11,553	11,370	11,289	34,212
相机丢失时长(相机日) Missing camera-trapping effort (d)	3,496	1,350	1,159	6,005
有效照片数 Number of valid photograph	28,217	15,671	24,489	68,377
独立有效照片数 Number of independent photograph	5,242	2,500	3,983	11,725
记录兽类物种数 Number of mammal species	12	8	10	12
记录鸟类物种数 Number of bird species	43	37	53	63
记录总物种数 Total species	55	45	63	75