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卷 47, 期 1, 页码 128-133出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311001396
关键词
Chongqing; Francois' langur; habitat degradation; isolated distribution; population size; Trachypithecus francoisi
资金
- China-Europe Biodiversity Conservation Project [00060222]
- Scientific Research Fund of Chongqing Education Department [KJ061304]
- Chongqing Specific Fund for Outstanding Young Scholar
From September 2009 to September 2010 we undertook a survey of the Endangered Francois' langur Trachypithecus francoisi in south-east Chongqing to compare the species' present status with historical records from the 1990s. Based on a literature review, interviews with local people and our survey we found Francois' langurs in only three isolated sites, across four counties, with a total area of occurrence of c. 57 km(2). The total population was estimated to be c. 200 individuals in 27 mixed sex groups. There were 21 groups (149 individuals) within a reserve (Jinfoshan), and four groups (36) in Furongjiang and two groups (13) in Heishangu were not within any reserve. The primary threat to the langur is habitat loss caused by traditional firewood use and agricultural encroachment but there is also increasing loss of forest to hydroelectric projects and construction of tourism infrastructure and facilities such as highways, hotels and telephone lines. The three sites in southern Chongqing province are adjacent to four areas in north-east Guizhou province that contain c. 60% of the wild population of the species in China. The seven sites combined are the main stronghold of this species and the geographical proximity of the sites raises the possibility of setting up ecological corridors between some of them.
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