Result of a year-long animal survey in a state-owned forest farm in Beijing, China

Xiangying Shi; Ge Sun; Xinyu Yang; Junhong Gao; Lingdi Tan; Yuexin Song; Yiping Hu; Zunxiu Zhou; Huibin Zhao; Zhihai Hu; Shunwan Zhu; Yufan Cao; Rui Liao; Wei Chen; Zhehao Wu; Xiangyu Guan; Xiaotong Ren; Shen Zhang

doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e91132

Result of a year-long animal survey in a state-owned forest farm in Beijing, China

Biodivers Data J. 2022 Oct 5:10:e91132. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e91132. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xiangying Shi^{1

2}, Ge Sun³, Xinyu Yang⁴, Junhong Gao⁴, Lingdi Tan², Yuexin Song², Yiping Hu², Zunxiu Zhou⁵, Huibin Zhao⁵, Zhihai Hu⁵, Shunwan Zhu⁵, Yufan Cao⁵, Rui Liao⁶, Wei Chen⁷, Zhehao Wu⁸, Xiangyu Guan⁹, Xiaotong Ren¹⁰, Shen Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University Beijing China.
² Shan Shui Conservation Center, Beijing, China Shan Shui Conservation Center Beijing China.
³ Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute,Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute,Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing China.
⁴ Beijing Forestry Carbon Administration, Beijing, China Beijing Forestry Carbon Administration Beijing China.
⁵ Jingxi Forest Farm, Beijing, China Jingxi Forest Farm Beijing China.
⁶ Sichuan Academy of Forestry, Chengdu, China Sichuan Academy of Forestry Chengdu China.
⁷ Center for Nature and Society, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China Center for Nature and Society, College of Life Sciences, Peking University Beijing China.
⁸ Mountain Cats Culture Communication Co., Ltd, Beijing, China Mountain Cats Culture Communication Co., Ltd Beijing China.
⁹ Guanxiangyu Ecological Technology Co. Ltd, Beijing, China Guanxiangyu Ecological Technology Co. Ltd Beijing China.
¹⁰ Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University Beijing China.

Abstract

Background Artificial forest can have great potential in serving as habitat to wildlife, depending on different management methods. As the state-owned forest farms now play a new role in ecological conservation in China, the biological richness of this kind of land-use type is understudied. Once owned by a mining company, a largest state-owned forest farm, Jingxi Forest Farm, has been reformed to be a state-owned forest farm with the purpose of conservation since 2017. Although this 116.4 km² forest farm holds a near-healthy montaine ecosystem very representative in North China, a large proportion of artificial coniferous forest in the forest farm has been proven to hold less biodiversity than natural vegetation. This situation, however, provides a great opportunity for ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation. Therefore, from November 2019 to December 2020, we conducted a set of biodiversity surveys, whose results will serve as a baseline for further restoration and conservation. New information Here, we report the result of a multi-taxa fauna diversity survey conducted in Jingxi Forest Farm mainly in year 2020 with explicit spatial information. It is the first survey of its kind conducted in this area, revealing a total of 19 species of mammals, 86 birds, four reptiles, two amphibians and one fish species, as well as 101 species of insects. Four species of mammals are identified as data-poor species as they have less than 100 occurrence records with coordination in the GBIF database. One species of insect, representing one new provincial record genus of Beijing, is reported.

Keywords: Jingxi Forest Farm; amphibians; artificial forest; biodiversity; birds; fishes; insects; mammals; natural forest; reptiles.

Xiangying Shi, Ge Sun, Xinyu Yang, Junhong Gao, Lingdi Tan, Yuexin Song, Yiping Hu, Zunxiu Zhou, Huibin Zhao, Zhihai Hu, Shunwan Zhu, Yufan Cao, Rui Liao, Wei Chen, Zhehao Wu, Xiangyu Guan, Xiaotong Ren, Shen Zhang.