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Tetraophasis Szechenyii) NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 12 (2): 314-318 ©NwjZ, Oradea, Romania, 2016 Article No.: e151606 http://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/index.html Seasonal habitat use of a rare high-mountain Galliform species, the buff-throated partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii) Yu XU1,2,3, Nan YANG3, Bin WANG3, Liang DOU3, Hanqiu YUE1, Shirong LIU2,* and Jianghong RAN3,* 1. School of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China. 2. Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China. 3. Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry Education, School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China. *Corresponding authors, S.R. Liu, E-mail: liusr@caf.ac.cn; J.H. Ran, E-mail: rjhong-01@163.com Received: 11. June 2014 / Accepted: 14. September 2015 / Available online: 13. November 2015 / Printed: December 2016 Abstract. Poor knowledge of habitat use has previously limited the development of conservation strategies for buff-throated partridges (Tetraophasis szechenyii), a rare high-mountain Galliform species endemic to western China. During 2008–2009, we studied habitat use patterns of buff-throated partridges by investigating their relative abundances in five main habitat types: fir–larch forests, mixed spruce–larch–birch forests, oak thickets, pine forests, and rhododendron shrubs. Along nine established transects, we recorded 46 and 56 feather samples in autumn and in winter, respectively; and at 84 point stations we recorded 53 call responses during spring months. By comparing the relative abundance in each kind of habitat with the relative areas of the habitats available, we found that buff-throated partridges avoided using pine forests, regardless of the season. However, buff-throated partridges’ preferences for specific habitats differed between seasons. They preferred fir–larch forests in autumn, but switched preference to oak thickets during the course of winter and spring months. We speculate that the habitat use pattern is mainly related to diet and feeding habits. Based on our results and some previous findings, we provide some suggestions for conservation of partridge habitat. Key words: call, conservation, feather, point count, relative abundance, transect. Introduction alpine meadows and rocky ravines at 3,350–4,600 m (Ludlow 1944, Liu & Ci 1993, Wu et al. 1994, The buff-throated partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii) Potapov 2002, Wen et al. 2008, Yu et al. 2011). is a sexually monochromatic, medium-sized Galli- Estimating relative abundance is an important form species endemic to the high mountains of part of quantifying a species’ habitat use (Bibby et western China, and distributed in south-eastern al. 1998, Sutherland & Green 2004). In this study, Tibet, southern Qinghai, western Sichuan and we examined the general habitat use pattern of north-western Yunnan (MacKinnon & Phillipps buff-throated partridges from autumn to spring, 2000, Madge & McGowan 2002). Although this by comparing the relative abundance of species in species is in the Least Concern category by the each available habitat with the expected abun- current IUCN Red List (IUCN 2015), it is consid- dance (determined by proportional representation ered to be endangered by the Red Book of China of each habitat type in the study area). and is legally listed in Category I of the nationally protected animals (Wang & Xie 2004). Conserva- tion efforts have emphasized the need to under- Materials and Methods stand partridge ecology, especially regarding habi- Study site tat use (Klaus et al. 2003, Lu 2006), information We conducted the study in the Pamuling Mountains that is fundamental to determining its conserva- (30°06′N 101°11′E; Fig. 1), Yajiang County, Ganzi Tibetan tion status (Bibby et al. 1998). Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, from late Au- However, habitat use of this species is still gust 2008 to June 2009. This site ranged in elevation ap- poorly known. Xu et al. (2010, 2014) and Zhang et proximately from 3,300 m to 4,300 m and covered an area 2 al. (2011) conducted quantitative studies of roost- of 50 km . The study site includes a Tibetan monastery and a sacred area of the mountain range, protected by the ing and nesting sites in a small area (3.4 km2). monastery; the efforts of the monastery have resulted in However, most existing reports are anecdotal in significant wildlife habitat conservation. The sub-humid nature, documenting that it lives in mixed conifer- climate of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau predominates, with ous forests, rhododendron shrubs, oak thickets, autumn occurring from August to September, winter Habitat use of buff-throated partridges 315 Figure 1. Map showing location of the study site (Pamuling) in Yajiang County, Sichuan Province, China. from October to March, spring from April to June, and a to the dense cover of vegetation and the elusive behav- short summer in July (Yang et al. 2011; see Table 1 for the iour of this species. Alternatively, we recorded the num- seasonal mean temperature and precipitation through the ber of feathers discarded along designated transects to study period; data were download from obtain measures of relative abundances. The feathers re- http://cdc.nmic.cn/home.do). Plants begin flowering in corded were large veined feathers that are easy to identify, April, and flowering of dominant plants occurs predomi- including primaries, secondaries, tail feathers, and cov- nantly from May to June. During the study period, the erts. We did not record signs such as feeding traces and first ground-covering snow arrived in October, and per- feces, because of difficulties in distinguishing these signs manent snow cover occurred from November to March. of buff-throated partridges from those of sympatric Galli- formes such as white-eared pheasants (Crossoptilon cros- soptilon), blood pheasants (Ithaginis cruentus) and other Table 1. Seasonal mean temperature and precipitation in birds. the study site through the study period. We sited transects to avoid edge effects, despite the Season Temperature (°C) Precipitation (mm) steep terrain and dense vegetation types that complicated Autumn 5.7 231.2 travel in some areas. We positioned a total of nine tran- Winter -5 12.8 sects across the five main habitat types. The transects to- Spring 3.6 102 talled 28.5 km in length (Table 2), varying between 2 and Summer 7.9 335.7 6 km. We surveyed the transects about every two months. The study site has five main types: (1) Fir–larch for- Table 2. Length of transects surveyed through the five ests (FF), dominated by Abies squamata, and Larix potaninii; habitat types in autumn and winter and number of (2) Mixed spruce–larch–birch forests (DBCF), dominated point stations established in each habitat type during by Picea asperata, L. potaninii, and Betula platyphylla; (3) the spring survey. Oak thickets (OT), dominated exclusively by Quercus aq- Length of Number of Habitat type uifolioides; (4) Pine forests (PPF), dominated exclusively transects travelled point stations by Pinus densata; and (5) Rhododendron shrubs (RS), Fir–larch forests 8.4 16 dominated by Rhododendron nitidulum, Rh. flavoflorum, Mixed spruce–larch– 4.7 13 Salix sp. and Dasiphora fruticosa. Additionally, there are a birch Forests few tiny patches of alpine meadows, dominated by Ko- Oak thickets 8.5 27 bresia setchwanensis, Polygonum viviparum, Potentilla dis- Pine forests 3.4 20 color and Hemiphragma heterophyllum, and they are gener- Rhododendron shrubs 3.5 8 ally enclosed by other five habitats. Field survey Surveys mainly took place between 0900–1700 on We implemented two different survey techniques to es- days without rain or snow. While surveying, a team of timate relative abundances of buff-throated partridges, as three people walked at a pace of about 2 km/hr, search- follows: ing and recording feathers within about 0.5 m beside each (1) Autumn and winter survey.- Between August and side of the transect. We excluded feathers identified at March, it was difficult to count buff-throated partridges roosting sites (i.e., large amount of droppings found di- directly (except for those living around the monastery rectly below trees), due to the objective of examining the and the small sacred mountain, see Xu et al. 2011), owing general habitat rather than the specific roosting habitat 316 Y. Xu et al. used by buff-throated partridges. ples detected in different habitats differed signifi- (2) Spring survey (April to June).- In spring, it tended cantly from expected (χ2 = 9.741, df = 4, p = 0.045), to be relatively easy to detect buff-throated partridges via indicating that buff-throated partridges had pref- their calls. Therefore, we used the point-count technique erences for using some habitats over others. The in which observers recorded birds heard from stationary points positioned along a transect (Jones 1998). To stimu- analysis further revealed that buff-throated par- late call responses, playbacks were introduced into the tridges preferred fir–larch forests, and avoided survey. pine forests (Fig. 2 A). We established 84 point stations (Table 2) in ten tran- During the winter months, we recorded 56 sects totalling 22.5 km in length, which were based on the feather samples. There was no monthly difference nine transects sited in the autumn and winter survey, but in the numbers of feather samples across habitats were modified to place point stations more effectively. (Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.447). Data were pooled Point stations were positioned approximately every 250 m along a transect route following the suggested criterion and analysis showed that buff-throated partridge (Bibby et al. 1998). We ensured all stations at least were habitat use differed from the expected (χ2 = 9.520, 125 m from habitat edges. We scheduled the survey each df = 4, p = 0.049): they preferred oak thickets, with month, undertaking all fieldwork between 0730–1740 on an obvious avoidance of pine forests (Fig.
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