Journal
DIVERSITY-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/d12080308
Keywords
avian diversity; over-wintering; aquatic bird community; Poyang Lake
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31401978]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2572019BE04]
- Academic and Technical Leader Training Program of Jiangxi provincial [20153BCB22007]
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The present study aimed to investigate the structure, composition and diversity of the over-wintering aquatic bird community of Poyang Lake, including Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve (PNNR), Nanji National Nature Reserve (NNNR) and Duchang Provincial Nature Reserve (DPNR), China. After the preliminary survey, birds surveyed from vantage points at each study site between the years 2016 and 2020 in the winter season. A total of 58 bird species belonging to nine orders and 13 families were observed. The study showed variation in effective species numbers (Species richness, Shannon's diversity and Simpson's diversity) among the three study sites and the survey years. Nanji National Nature Reserve had the highest avian diversity, whereas Duchang Provincial Nature Reserve had the lowest. Globally threatened bird species, Siberian Crane (critically endangered), Oriental Stork (endangered), found in our study sites. However, the current management practices of the nature reserve and conservation of this globally threatened bird species are inadequate, especially of Duchang Provincial Nature Reserve. Therefore, for long term conservation of birds in these areas, it needs continuing intentional improvement of the sites and awareness creation to the local community.
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