Protected Natural Areas of South Vietnam – Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve

Abstract

Confirmed by high biodiversity richness of the soil resources of the Dong Nai biosphere reserve as a result of unique natural conditions. Revealed of plants and animals in the Red book of Vietnam and the IUCN Red list. The authors list includes 2.236 species of flora, 121 species of mammals, 373 species of birds and 2.109 species of insect in the biosphere reserve. Described 117 species of plants and animals listed in the Red book of Vietnam and 74 species included in the IUCN Red list. At monitoring sites identified 122 species of birds from 42 families. Of these 72 species are found in natural tropical forest (A, F, LV, LN, PL and PD1) and disturbed (B2 and PD2), 20 species are found only in the primary, 29 species in the anthropogennically transformed. The maximum rates of species richness of oribatid mites characteristic of the natural forest formations and decrease in anthropogenic transformed conditions. In natural forest ecosystems are more diverse species composition and high density of individuals. Identified an inverse relationship between the number of oribatid mites and their species diversity.