在新加坡的森林砍伐之后,灾难性的灭绝事件发生在新加坡
Barry W Brook1, Navjot S Sodhi, Peter K L Ng
1Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu 520-2113, Japan. barry.brook@ntu.edu.au
Nature
|July 25, 2003
概括
热带地区的息地丧失导致生物多样性显著下降. 新加坡新加坡新加坡新加坡
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 生物多样性研究 生物多样性研究
背景情况:
- 热带生物多样性受到大规模灭绝事件的威胁.
- 热带灭绝的实证数据很少,大多数报告都是事.
- 息地丧失是这些地区生物多样性下降的主要驱动因素.
研究的目的:
- 为了记录新加坡由于广泛的息地丧失而导致的本地灭绝.
- 量化各种类型的灭绝率.
- 将这些发现推断出来,以预测东南亚未来的生物多样性丧失.
主要方法:
- 在183年间研究了新加坡 (540平方公里) 的本地灭绝.
- 评估息地损失超过95%.
- 陆地和淡水类物种的记录和推断的灭绝率.
- 使用校准的物种区域模型进行外推.
主要成果:
- 发现了大量的记录和推断的灭绝率,特别是对于森林专家来说.
- 蝶,鱼类,鸟类和哺乳动物的灭绝类型比例最高 (34-87%).
- 森林保护区 (面积的0.25%) 现在拥有剩余的原生生物多样性的50%以上.
结论:
- 由于息地丧失,新加坡经历了相当大的本地灭绝.
- 东南亚在下一个世纪可能会失去13-42%的地区人口.
- 迫切需要采取保护措施,以缓解全球物种灭绝.
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