中国第四纪冰期与陆生脊椎动物残留分布张荣祖.PDF

动物学报 　50 (5) :841 - 851 , 2004 A cta Zoologica S inica 　　　　　 　 Relict distribution of land vertebrates and Quaternary glaciation in China ZHAN G RongZu Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research , CAS , Beijin g 　100101 , China Abstract 　The biogeographical relict phenomenon of extant land vertebrates at the species level has been considered in re lation to climatic changes since the Quaternary. Three major relic patterns occurring in China have been illustrated. The results seemly are not in agreement with the theory of the East China Glaciation , a longstanding controversy [ Acta Zoo logica Sinica 50 (5) : 841 - 851 , 2004 ]. Key words 　Biogeographical relict , Land vertebrates , East China Quaternary glaciation 中国第四纪冰期与陆生脊椎动物残留分布　 张荣祖 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所, 北京 100101 摘 　要 　在第四纪冰期中 , 中国东部地区是否发生过冰川 , 长期存在争议。中国东部地区冰川说的创始人李四 光教授在提出该学说时 , 从古生物方面未得到冰期生物群的证据。现存生物种的地理残留现象可反映地质历史 时期的气候变化。本文作者依据中国陆生脊椎动物的北方残留、热带 - 亚热带残留、温带湿润带残留等现象 , 推断 : ( 1) 在冰期的冷期中喜暖动物南迁时 , 中国东部地区是一避难地; (2) 在中国东部地区未见有典型冰川 残留种的存在 ; (3) 一些湿润种的间断残留分布与中国北方黄土及干旱气候的发展有密切的关系。此结论似不 支持中国东部冰川说 [动物学报 50 (5) : 841 - 851 , 2004 ] 。 关键词 　生物地理残留 　陆栖脊椎动物 　中国东部第四纪冰川 glaciers existed mostly in a few high mountains along 1 　Introduction the eastern margin areas of Tibetan Plateau. Moun In mainland Asia , major Pleistocene glaciations tains lower than 2 000 m over the area of East China came into existence in the north , minor glaciations in were beyond the condition to glaciers during Quater the Centra