Effectiveness of Nature Reserve System for Conserving Tropical Forests: A Statistical Evaluation of Hainan Island, China

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	Effectiveness of Nature Reserve System for Conserving Tropical Forests: A Statistical Evaluation of Hainan Island, China
	Wang, W ; Pechacek, P ; Zhang, MX ; Xiao, NW ; Zhu, JG ; Li, JS
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2013
卷号	8 期号:2 页码:e57561
关键词	LAND-COVER CHANGE PROTECTED AREAS RAIN-FOREST SPECIES COMPOSITION GAP ANALYSIS DEGRADATION PARKS BIODIVERSITY DYNAMICS RECOVERY
中文摘要	Evaluating the effectiveness of existing nature reserve systems for the conservation of tropical forests is an urgent task to save the remaining biodiversity. Here, we tested the effectiveness of the reserve system on Hainan Island by conducting a three-way comparison of changes in forest area in locations within the reserves, adjacent to the reserves, and far outside of the reserves. We used a general linear model to control for the effects of covariates (historical forest area, elevation, slope, and distance to nearest roads), which may also be correlated with the changes in forest area, to better explain the effectiveness of the reserve system. From 2000 to 2010, the forest area inside Hainan's nature reserve system showed an increase while adjacent unprotected areas and the wider, unprotected landscape both experienced deforestation. However, the simple inside-outside comparisons may overestimate the protective effect of the reserve system. Most nature reserves (>60%) showed increasing fragmentation. And the risk of rapid deforestation remained high at low elevations, where remaining forests tend to be easily logged and converted to commercial plantations. Future conservation efforts should pay more attention to those sites with less challenging environmental conditions.
公开日期	2013-04-07
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/4278]
专题	西双版纳热带植物园_药用植物栽培技术组
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, W,Pechacek, P,Zhang, MX,et al. Effectiveness of Nature Reserve System for Conserving Tropical Forests: A Statistical Evaluation of Hainan Island, China[J]. PLOS ONE,2013,8(2):e57561.
APA	Wang, W,Pechacek, P,Zhang, MX,Xiao, NW,Zhu, JG,&Li, JS.(2013).Effectiveness of Nature Reserve System for Conserving Tropical Forests: A Statistical Evaluation of Hainan Island, China.PLOS ONE,8(2),e57561.
MLA	Wang, W,et al."Effectiveness of Nature Reserve System for Conserving Tropical Forests: A Statistical Evaluation of Hainan Island, China".PLOS ONE 8.2(2013):e57561.