Degradation of tropical forest in Hainan, China, 1991–2008 Conservation implications for Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus)英文学习资料 .pdfVIP

Biological Conservation 143 (2010) 1397–1404 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Biological Conservation journal homepage: /locate/biocon Degradation of tropical forest in Hainan, China, 1991–2008: Conservation implications for Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus ) Mingxia Zhang a,b, John R. Fellowes c,d, Xuelong Jiang e, Wei Wang a, Bosco P.L. Chan c, Guopeng Ren a, Jianguo Zhu a,* a Ecology, Conservation Environment Center (ECEC), Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiaochang Donglu, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China b Department of Biology, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China c Kadoorie Farm Botanic Garden, China Programme, Hong Kong, China d Department of Anthropology Geography, Oxford Brookes University, UK e State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus ) is one of the most endangered primates in the world, confined to Received 27 August 2009 mature natural forest in Hainan Island, China. We assessed changes in habitat condition on the island Received in revised form 10 March 2010 between 1991 and 2008, using vegetation maps generated by remote-sensing images. We defined forest Accepted 15 March 2010 suitable for gibbons based on composition, tree size and canopy cover. During the 17-year period, the Available online 7 April 2010