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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (19): 44-47.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb20190500214

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Moschus berezovskii in Chongqing Jinfo Mountain National Nature Reserve: Population Size and Geographical Distribution

Wang Xia1, Yuan Xudong1, Zhou Hongyan1, Zhang Chenglun1, Peng Jie2, Peng Jianjun2(), Deng Yaping2, Huang Piaoyi2, Gao Hongmei2, Sun Nian2   

  1. 1Jinfo Mountain Research Monitoring Center, Chongqing Jinfo Mountain National Nature Reserve Bureaus, Chongqing 408499
    2College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331
  • Received:2019-05-29 Revised:2019-11-15 Online:2020-07-05 Published:2020-07-08
  • Contact: Peng Jianjun E-mail:jjpeng74@163.com

Abstract:

The paper aims to estimate the population size of Moschus berezovskii and clarify their geography distribution in Chongqing Jinfo Mountain National Nature Reserve, and provide a theoretical basis for the protection and restoration of M. berezovskii population resources. From April 19th to June 5th, 2017, we first learned about the possible areas of M. berezovskii through the local interviews, and then found traces of M. berezovskii through the line transect method for recording and statistics. In the survey areas (284.16 km2), there are about (95±48) M. berezovskii, mainly distributed in the mixed forest of needle-leaved trees and broad-leaved trees above 1000 m in the northern slope of Jinfo Mountain. The ecological environment of Chongqing Jinfo Mountain National Nature Reserve is suitable for M. berezovskii. However, due to the excessive catch and kill by human and the development of the nature reserve, the environment for M. berezovskii has gradually deteriorated, and the population of forest musk deer in the Nature Reserve has declined drastically. We should carry out protection work from reducing human activities in the Nature Reserve and recovering habitats of Moschus berezovskii.

Key words: Jinfo Mountain Nature Reserve, Moschus berezovskii, population, geographical distribution, wild

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