Regional fauna-flora biodiversity and conservation strategy in China

Baoguo Li; He Zhang; Kang Huang; Gang He; Songtao Guo; Rong Hou; Pei Zhang; Haitao Wang; Hao Pan; Hengguang Fu; Xiaoying Wu; Kexin Jiang; Ruliang Pan

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.104897

Regional fauna-flora biodiversity and conservation strategy in China

iScience. 2022 Aug 6;25(9):104897. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104897. eCollection 2022 Sep 16.

Authors

Baoguo Li¹, He Zhang¹, Kang Huang¹, Gang He¹, Songtao Guo¹, Rong Hou¹, Pei Zhang¹, Haitao Wang¹, Hao Pan¹, Hengguang Fu¹, Xiaoying Wu¹, Kexin Jiang¹, Ruliang Pan^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
² International Centre of Biodiversity and Primate Conservation Centre, Dali University, Dali, China.
³ School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.

Abstract

Evolutionary and historical development and current profiles are essential to generating a tangible conservation strategy. It is also critical to distinguish the regions with vigorous potential growth from those meeting evolutionary development bottlenecks and those whose development has been severely devastated. We used two sizeable national data repositories of terrestrial fauna and flora of China to approach the issues. The results indicate that the Southwest and Coastal regions have the most significant terrestrial faunal-floral biodiversity (TFFB). Thus, they should be prioritized in conservation for great potential promotions. Although there has been remarkable evolutionary development, the Central region has been severely devastated. A solution is to uphold a balanced association between social-economic development and TFFB sustainability. As for the Northeast and the western Northwest, there is no need to invest heavily in conservation measures. This study sheds light on exploring more practical conservation strategies regionally, nationally, and globally to achieve pragmatic goals.

Keywords: Classification Description; Ecology; Environmental science; Evolutionary ecology.