Gap Analysis and Conservation Network for Freshwater Wetlands in Central Yangtze Ecoregion
Joint Authors
Xiaowen, Li
Haijin, Zhuge
Li, Mengdi
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The Central Yangtze Ecoregion contains a large area of internationally important freshwater wetlands and supports a huge number of endangered waterbirds; however, these unique wetlands and the biodiversity they support are under the constant threats of human development pressures, and the prevailing conservation strategies generated based on the local scale cannot adequately be used as guidelines for ecoregion-based conservation initiatives for Central Yangtze at the broad scale.
This paper aims at establishing and optimizing an ecological network for freshwater wetland conservation in the Central Yangtze Ecoregion based on large-scale gap analysis.
A group of focal species and GIS-based extrapolation technique were employed to identify the potential habitats and conservation gaps, and the optimized conservation network was then established by combining existing protective system and identified conservation gaps.
Our results show that only 23.49% of the potential habitats of the focal species have been included in the existing nature reserves in the Central Yangtze Ecoregion.
To effectively conserve over 80% of the potential habitats for the focal species by optimizing the existing conservation network for the freshwater wetlands in Central Yangtze Ecoregion, it is necessary to establish new wetland nature reserves in 22 county units across Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxi provinces.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Xiaowen, Li& Haijin, Zhuge& Li, Mengdi. 2013. Gap Analysis and Conservation Network for Freshwater Wetlands in Central Yangtze Ecoregion. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1033436
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Xiaowen, Li…[et al.]. Gap Analysis and Conservation Network for Freshwater Wetlands in Central Yangtze Ecoregion. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1033436
American Medical Association (AMA)
Xiaowen, Li& Haijin, Zhuge& Li, Mengdi. Gap Analysis and Conservation Network for Freshwater Wetlands in Central Yangtze Ecoregion. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1033436
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1033436