Distribution and conservation status of Shortridge's capped langurs Trachypithecus shortridgei in China

AbstractWe conducted community interviews and field surveys to determine the distribution and population of the Endangered Shortridge's capped langur Trachypithecus shortridgei, and the threats to the species, in the Dulong and Nu River valleys of north-western Yunnan Province, China. We found that c. 19 groups of T. shortridgei reside in the Dulong valley, mostly located in the southern portion of the valley. According to interview and observational records in the Gaoligong Mountains to the west of the Nu River, 12 individuals and no groups were observed. Family groups consist of one adult male, 2–3 adult females and up to five young. We estimate the population of T. shortridgei in China to be c. 250–370 individuals. Threats to the species include habitat loss and poaching. We suggest several measures to conserve T. shortridgei, such as a review of the Gaoligong National Nature Reserve management strategy, and increasing engagement, education, inclusion of local people in forest management, and the consistency of enforcement.

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Introduction to a four-year biodiversity survey of Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, in the footsteps of pioneering naturalists in western Yunnan, China

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.4438.11.11.14391-14401 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 14391-14401 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Bosco Pui Lok Chan ◽

Zeng Bi ◽

Shao-Zhong Duan

Keyword(s):

Yunnan Province ◽

New Genus ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Habitat Degradation ◽

Mountain Range ◽

Biodiversity Survey ◽

Field Surveys ◽

National Nature Reserve ◽

Western Yunnan ◽

History Of

The Gaoligongshan Mountains in Yunnan Province, southwestern China, is one of the biologically richest areas on Earth. In 2014, we launched a four-year biodiversity survey in the Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve and its immediate vicinity, aiming to update the current diversity, distribution, and status of the mammals, birds, herpetofauna, freshwater fishes, and butterflies on which we have expertise. Despite the intensity of earlier scientific explorations, our survey resulted in the discoveries of a new genus, a number of new species, genera and species new to China, Gaoligongshan, or Tengchong County, and updated the altitude limits for some species. Species richness of mammalian and avian fauna, the two groups most susceptible to habitat loss and hunting, remains remarkably high, but past impacts of hunting and habitat degradation were in evidence. Our results clearly illustrate the immense conservation value of this mountain range and the necessity for more in-depth, focused biodiversity field surveys. This monograph summarizes our findings, and this chapter gives an overview of the geography, climate, vegetation, and ecology of Tengchong, a history of earlier and present biodiversity explorations, and conservation recommendations based on our findings.

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Conservation Status of Freshwater Turtles in Hainan Island, China: Interviews and Field Surveys at Yinggeling Nature Reserve

Chelonian Conservation and Biology ◽

10.2744/1071-8443-14.1.100 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 100-103 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jay Pak-Ho Wan ◽

Bosco Pui-Lok Chan ◽

Chengle Liao ◽

Hongxu Mi ◽

Michael Lau ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nature Reserve ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Hainan Island ◽

Freshwater Turtles ◽

Field Surveys

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Mammals of Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan Province, China

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.4439.11.11.14402-14414 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 14402-14414 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fei Li ◽

Xiang-Yuan Huang ◽

Xing-Chao Zhang ◽

Xing-Xi Zhao ◽

Jian-Huan Yang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Yunnan Province ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Black Bear ◽

Iucn Red List ◽

Livestock Grazing ◽

Mammal Species ◽

Field Surveys ◽

Asiatic Black Bear ◽

National Nature Reserve ◽

Low Altitude

We conducted field surveys on the mammalian diversity in the Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan Province, China, using camera trap and transect method between April 2014 and May 2018. A total of 46 identifiable mammal species were recorded, including one new record for China and nine new species for the Tengchong County. Of the 46 species, nine are globally threatened (three Endangered and six Vulnerable) and six are Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Species richness of most mammal groups in Tengchong remains high compared to similar sites in neighbouring countries; however, encounter rates for species vulnerable to high hunting pressures were quite low and large carnivores, except the Asiatic Black Bear, were either extirpated or at critically low numbers. Future surveys should cover a wider elevation range and a variety of microhabitats to increase the probability of detecting the species not yet recorded. To enhance the conservation value of the reserve for the diverse mammalian community, poaching and livestock grazing should be further controlled; in addition, protection and restoration of low-altitude forests should be encouraged. Monitoring and research on selected flagship species should also be conducted.

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A preliminary report on butterfly fauna (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, China

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.4443.11.11.14452-14470 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 14452-14470 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yik Fui Philip Lo ◽

Zheng Bi

Keyword(s):

Preliminary Report ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

New Records ◽

Butterfly Species ◽

Nomen Nudum ◽

Field Surveys ◽

National Nature Reserve ◽

Western Yunnan ◽

Butterfly Fauna

The butterfly fauna of Tengchong Section of Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, western Yunnan, China was investigated during a series of field surveys conducted between April 2014 and May 2018. A total of 216 butterfly species were recorded (Hesperiidae 41, Papilionidae 20, Pieridae 21, Lycaenidae 45, and Nymphalidae 89), of which 179 represent new records for Tengchong. Significant findings include paratype materials of a recently described genus and a subspecies, respectively, as well as three national and five provincial new records. Several obscure species were rediscovered during the survey, including two taxa that have not been recorded since their descriptions, Celaenorrhinus morena Evans, 1949 and Thoressa pedla pedla (Evans, 1956). The result of the survey is presented herein with notes on some little-known species. Additionally, past records on Tengchong butterfly fauna were reviewed and a name is treated as nomen nudum.

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Two new species of Cladosporium from leaf spots of Paris polyphylla in north-western Yunnan Province, China

Biodiversity Data Journal ◽

10.3897/bdj.9.e77224 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Yue-Xin Xu ◽

Hong-Wei Shen ◽

Dan-Feng Bao ◽

Zong-Long Luo ◽

Hong-Yan Su ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Yunnan Province ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Plant Leaves ◽

Leaf Spots ◽

Paris Polyphylla ◽

Western Yunnan ◽

Two New Species ◽

North Western

During the survey of pathogenic fungi on medicinal plant leaves in Yunnan Province, China, two Cladosporium-like taxa were isolated from leaf spots of Paris polyphylla. Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, TEF1-α and ACT genes, two new species were discovered. Two new species Cladosporium yunnanensis and C. paris are introduced, the detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided. Morphology of the two new species is compared with other related Cladosporium species. This study widens the host diversity of the genus Cladosporium.

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Central Lisu

Journal of the International Phonetic Association ◽

10.1017/s0025100318000129 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 129-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marija Tabain ◽

David Bradley ◽

Defen Yu

Keyword(s):

Yunnan Province ◽

Western China ◽

Arunachal Pradesh ◽

Eastern India ◽

Hill Tribe ◽

National Minorities ◽

Western Yunnan ◽

North Eastern ◽

North Western ◽

Chinese Term

Lisu (ISO 639-2 lis) is spoken by just over a million members of the group of this name in south-western China, north-eastern Burma, northern Thailand and north-eastern India. It formerly also had other names used by outsiders, including Yeren (Chinese yeren ‘wild people’), and Yawyin in Burma and Yobin in India (both derived from the Chinese term). Other names included Lisaw from the Shan and Thai name for the group, also seen in the former Burmese name Lishaw. About two-thirds of the speakers live in China, especially in north-western Yunnan Province, but also scattered elsewhere in Yunnan and Sichuan. About a quarter live in the Kachin State and the northern Shan State in Burma, with a substantial number in Chiangmai, Chiangrai and other provinces of Thailand, and a few thousand in Arunachal Pradesh in India. It is also spoken as a second language by many speakers of Nusu, Anung, Rawang and others in north-western Yunnan and northern Burma. Lisu has almost completely replaced Anung in China and is replacing Lemei in China. The Lisu are one of the 55 national minorities recognised in China, one of 135 ethnic groups recognised in Burma, a scheduled (officially listed and recognised) tribe in India, and one of the recognised hill tribe groups of Thailand. Figure 1 shows a map of the area where Lisu is spoken.

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Helminthosporium submersum sp. nov. (Massarinaceae) from submerged wood in north-western Yunnan Province, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.348.4.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 348 (4) ◽

pp. 269

Author(s):

NA ZHAO ◽

ZONG-LONG LUO ◽

KEVIN D HYDE ◽

HONG-YAN SU ◽

DARBHE J. BHAT ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Yunnan Province ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Molecular Data ◽

North West ◽

Submerged Wood ◽

Western Yunnan ◽

Asexual Morphs ◽

North Western ◽

A New Species

The diversity of lignicolous freshwater fungi of China is currently being studied. In this paper, we report on nine collections of asexual morphs of Helminthosporium from submerged wood in rivers and streams in west to north-west Yunnan Province, China. The taxa are characterized based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses of ITS, LSU, SSU, RPB2 and TEF1α sequence data. A new species, Helminthosporium submersum, is described and illustrated with notes on taxonomy and phylogeny. Molecular data for Helminthosporium aquaticum and H. velutinum are provided.

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Prince Henri d'Orleans (1867–1901): geographical and botanical exploration between inner Asia and southwest China

Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History ◽

10.3366/jsbnh.1978.8.4.399 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 399-399

Author(s):

WILLIAM GARDENER

Keyword(s):

Southwest China ◽

Western China ◽

Left Bank ◽

Inner Asia ◽

Botanical Exploration ◽

Western Yunnan ◽

Westerly Direction ◽

Chinese Province ◽

The Right ◽

North Western

Prince Henri d'Orleans, precluded by French law from serving his country in the profession of arms, had his attention turned early towards exploration. In 1889, accompanied by the experienced traveller Gabriel Bonvalet, he set out from Paris to reach Indo-China overland by way of Central Asia, Tibet and western and south western China. The journey made contributions in the problems of the whereabouts of Lap Nor and the configuration of the then unexplored northern plateau of Tibet; and in botany it produced some species new to science. The party reached Indo-China in 1890. In 1895, having organised an expedition better equipped for topographical survey and for investigations in the fields of natural history and ethnography, Prince Henri set out from Hanoi with the intention of exploring the Mekong through the Chinese province of Yunnan. After proceeding up the left bank of the Salween for a brief part of its course and then alternating between the right and left banks of the Mekong as far up as Tzeku, the party found it advisable to enter Tibet in a north westerly direction through the province of Chamdo and instead crossed the south eastern extremity of the country, the Zayul, by a difficult track which led them to the country of the Hkamti Shans in present day Upper Burma, and thence to India completing a journey of 2000 miles, "1500 of which had been previously untrodden" (Prince Henri). West of the Mekong, the journey established that the Salween, which some geographers had claimed took its rise in or near north western Yunnan, in fact rose well north in Tibet, and that, contrary to previous opinions, the principal headwater of the Irrawaddy rose no further north than latitude 28°30'. Botanical collections were confined to Yunnan, where the tracks permitted mule transport, and they produced a number of species new to science and extended the range of distribution of species already known.

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Deep-Water Cartilaginous Fishes in the Central Mediterranean Sea: Comparison between Geographic Areas with Two Low Impact Tools for Sampling

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering ◽

10.3390/jmse9070686 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 686

Author(s):

Angela Carluccio ◽

Francesca Capezzuto ◽

Porzia Maiorano ◽

Letizia Sion ◽

Gianfranco D’Onghia

Keyword(s):

Adriatic Sea ◽

Fish Habitat ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Abundant Species ◽

Cartilaginous Fish ◽

Fish Diversity ◽

Ionian Sea ◽

Central Mediterranean ◽

The North ◽

North Western

Baited lander represents a low impact technique, an alternative to the traditional trawl sampling for collecting data on fish diversity and abundance, especially for threatened species such as Chondrichthyes living in sensitive habitats. In this study, distribution and abundance of cartilaginous fish were compared between two geographic areas, the southern Adriatic Sea and the north-western Ionian Sea, with two low impact sampling gears, an experimental bottom longline and a baited lander. Species diversity was evaluated by applying ecological indices and difference in mean abundances were tested using multivariate analysis. A total of 13 species of cartilaginous fish were collected. Significant differences in the assemblage recorded in the same area using different sampling tools were detected and no significant differences were detected among different areas explored with the same method. Using longline, the most abundant species collected in both areas was Galeus melastomus, while using lander, the most observed species were Dalatias licha in the southern Adriatic Sea and Hexanchus griseus in the north-western Ionian Sea. According to IUCN classification, of the 13 species collected, 2 are near threatened and 5 are threatened. A better governance of sensitive habitats coinciding with the essential fish habitat for these species would ensure them a better conservation status.

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