白马雪山黑白仰鼻猴( rhinopithecus bieti)垂直迁移(英文).pdf

动 物 学 研 究 2008，Apr. 29(2) ：181—188 CN 53-1040/Q ISSN 0254-5853 Zoological Research Altitudinal Range of Black-and-white Snub-nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti ) at Baima Snow Mountain, China ZHONG Tai 1,3, XIAO Lin 1,3, HUO Sheng 1, 2 , XIANG Zuo-fu 4, XIAO Wen 1, 2,*, CUI Liang-wei5,* （1. Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali Yunnan 671000, China; 2. Department of Life Science and Chemistry, Dali University, Dali Yunnan 671000, China; 3. Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, Deqin Yunnan 650031, China; 4. Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha Hunan 410004, China; 5. Faculty of Conservation Biology, Southwest Forestry College, Kunming Yunnan 650224, China） Abstract: Faeces were counted along horizontal, 5.0m wide strips at altitude intervals of 100m to examine the altitudinal ranging pattern of a band of black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) at Nanren (99o04’E, 28o34’N, Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reverse, Yunnan, China) at four areas in each season between 2000-2001. Faeces were also counted along vertical, 2.5m wide strips in one subvalley and on one subridge in each area. Monkeys used an altitudinal range of 3500-4300m, but preferred occupying the upper forest belt between 3900 and 4200m asl year-round, being at the highest altitude in summer, the lowest altitude in spring, and middle altitudes between autumn and winter (lower in winter than autumn). Moreover, there were secondary peaks of lower altitude use (3700m) in spring and winter. In addition, more faeces were distributed in subvalleys than on subridges in winter, this suggests that monkeys tend to spend more time in subvalleys where there is le