Diversity hotspots and conservation gaps for the Chinese endemic seed flora

Huang, Jihong; Huang, Jianhua; Liu, Canran; Zhang, Jin Long; Lu, Xinghui; Ma, Keping

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“…We then identified 'conservation gaps' (Huang et al 2016a) and 'priority conservation gaps' (Huang et al 2016a) for Xinjiang seed plants. We synthesised species richness, hotspot size, the proportion of protected areas that overlap with hotspots and global role in biodiversity conservation to rank all hotspots identified in our study for conservation.…”

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“…The eight Xinjiang seed plant hotspots identified in this study cover key mountain ranges in Xinjiang, including both the Tianshan Mountains and Altai Mountains. proposed that these two terrestrial areas are key for conservation of China's biodiversity and these areas represent two of the 32 terrestrial priority areas for biodiversity conservation in China developed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (Editorial Committee of China National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan 2011) and one of 19 centres of Chinese endemic seed plant hotspots (Huang et al 2016a). Thus, Xinjiang seed plant hotspots encompass key areas for biodiversity conservation in China.…”

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Seed plant features, distribution patterns, diversity hotspots, and conservation gaps in Xinjiang, China

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R (2018) Seed plant features, distribution patterns, diversity hotspots, and conservation gaps in Xinjiang, China. Nature Conservation 27: 1-15. https://doi. org/10.3897/natureconservation.27.23728 AbstractThe flora in Xinjiang is unique. Decisions about biodiversity conservation and management based on seed plant diversity hotspots and conservation gaps in Xinjiang are essential to maintain this unique flora. Based on a species distribution dataset of seed plants, we measured seed plant diversity using species richness and phylogenetic diversity indices. Five percent of Xinjiang's total land area with the highest biodiversity was used to identify hotspots for each index. In total, eight hotspots were identified. Most hotspots were located in mountainous areas, mainly in the Tianshan Mountains and Altai Mountains. Furthermore, we detected conservation gaps for Xinjiang's seed flora hotspots by overlaying nature reserve maps on to maps of identified hotspots and we designated priority conservation gaps for hotspots by overlaying global biodiversity hotspot maps on to hotspot conservation gaps maps. Most of Xinjiang's seed plant hotspots are poorly protected; only 10.45% of these hotspots were covered by nature reserves. We suggest that it is essential to promote network function of nature reserves within these hotspots in Xinjiang to conserve this unique flora. RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity conservation A peer-reviewed open-access journalJihong Huang et al. / Nature Conservation 27: 1-15 (2018) 2

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Seed plant features, distribution patterns, diversity hotspots, and conservation gaps in Xinjiang, China

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“…The Forest of Seu Nico Forest Dynamics Plot (FSN) dataset from the municipality of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, describes trees that occur within a one-hectare plot that is divided into 100 10 m x 10 m subplots (Gastauer & Meira-Neto 2014b;Gastauer et al 2015b;c). A discussion of outcomes of phylogenetic community structure analyses from FSN may be found in Gastauer & Meira-Neto (2014a).…”

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“…More recently, the use of phylogenetic diversity to describe the amount of evolutionary history represented within a sample has gained importance as an indicator for conservation purposes (Forest et al 2007;Huang et al 2016;Arponen & Zupan 2016). The correct computation of these measures demands an accurately calibrated high-resolution phylogeny comprising the entire taxonomic group under study (Gastauer & Meira-Neto 2013).…”

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Updated angiosperm family tree for analyzing phylogenetic diversity and community structure

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Acta Bot. Bras.

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Th e computation of phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic community structure demands an accurately calibrated, high-resolution phylogeny, which refl ects current knowledge regarding diversifi cation within the group of interest. Herein we present the angiosperm phylogeny R20160415.new, which is based on the topology proposed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group IV, a recently released compilation of angiosperm diversifi cation. R20160415.new is calibratable by diff erent sets of recently published estimates of mean node ages. Its application for the computation of phylogenetic diversity and/or phylogenetic community structure is straightforward and ensures the inclusion of up-to-date information in user specifi c applications, as long as users are familiar with the pitfalls of such handmade supertrees.

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“…Much research concerning the geographic distribution of bird and vertebrate diversity in Southern China has already been carried out, but few studies have comprehensively investigated the distribution of threatened plant species diversity in Northeast China [15]. Therefore, there is an urgent need to detect and analyze the distribution of threatened plants in order to enhance the overall conservation efficiency of nature reserves [16].…”

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Threatened Plants in China’s Sanjiang Plain: Hotspot Distributions and Gap Analysis

Zheng²,

Liu

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Abstract:Global biodiversity is markedly decreasing in response to climate change and human disturbance. Sanjiang Plain is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot in China due to its high forest and wetland coverage, but species are being lost at an unprecedented rate, induced by anthropogenic activities. Identifying hotspot distributions and conservation gaps of threatened species is of particular significance for enhancing the conservation of biodiversity. Specifically, we integrated the principles and methods of spatial hotspot inspection, geographic information system (GIS) technology and spatial autocorrelation analysis along with fieldwork to determine the spatial distribution patterns and unprotected hotspots of vulnerable and endangered plants in Sanjiang Plain. A gap analysis of the conservation status of vulnerable and endangered plants was conducted. Our results indicate that six nationally-protected plants were not observed in nature reserves or were without any protection, while the protection rates were <10% for 10 other nationally-protected plants. Protected areas (PAs) cover <5% of the distribution areas for 31 threatened plant species, while only five species are covered by national nature reserves (NNRs) within >50% of the distribution areas. We found 30 hotspots with vulnerable and endangered plants in the study area, but the area covered by NNRs is very limited. Most of the hotspots were located in areas with a high-high aggregation of plant species. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the area of existing nature reserves, establish miniature protection plots and create new PAs and ecological corridors to link the existing PAs. Our findings can contribute to the design of a PA network for botanical conservation.

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Diversity hotspots and conservation gaps for the Chinese endemic seed flora

Cited by 123 publications

References 39 publications

Seed plant features, distribution patterns, diversity hotspots, and conservation gaps in Xinjiang, China

Seed plant features, distribution patterns, diversity hotspots, and conservation gaps in Xinjiang, China

Updated angiosperm family tree for analyzing phylogenetic diversity and community structure

Threatened Plants in China’s Sanjiang Plain: Hotspot Distributions and Gap Analysis

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