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Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book Editors N. J. COLLAR (Editor-in-chief), A. V. ANDREEV, S. CHAN, M. J. CROSBY, S. SUBRAMANYA and J. A. TOBIAS Maps by RUDYANTO and M. J. CROSBY Principal compilers and data contributors ■ BANGLADESH P. Thompson ■ BHUTAN R. Pradhan; C. Inskipp, T. Inskipp ■ CAMBODIA Sun Hean; C. M. Poole ■ CHINA ■ MAINLAND CHINA Zheng Guangmei; Ding Changqing, Gao Wei, Gao Yuren, Li Fulai, Liu Naifa, Ma Zhijun, the late Tan Yaokuang, Wang Qishan, Xu Weishu, Yang Lan, Yu Zhiwei, Zhang Zhengwang. ■ HONG KONG Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (BirdLife Affiliate); H. F. Cheung; F. N. Y. Lock, C. K. W. Ma, Y. T. Yu. ■ TAIWAN Wild Bird Federation of Taiwan (BirdLife Partner); L. Liu Severinghaus; Chang Chin-lung, Chiang Ming-liang, Fang Woei-horng, Ho Yi-hsian, Hwang Kwang-yin, Lin Wei-yuan, Lin Wen-horn, Lo Hung-ren, Sha Chian-chung, Yau Cheng-teh. ■ INDIA Bombay Natural History Society (BirdLife Partner Designate) and Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History; L. Vijayan and V. S. Vijayan; S. Balachandran, R. Bhargava, P. C. Bhattacharjee, S. Bhupathy, A. Chaudhury, P. Gole, S. A. Hussain, R. Kaul, U. Lachungpa, R. Naroji, S. Pandey, A. Pittie, V. Prakash, A. Rahmani, P. Saikia, R. Sankaran, P. Singh, R. Sugathan, Zafar-ul Islam ■ INDONESIA BirdLife International Indonesia Country Programme; Ria Saryanthi; D. Agista, S. van Balen, Y. Cahyadin, R. F. A. Grimmett, F. R. Lambert, M. Poulsen, Rudyanto, I. Setiawan, C. Trainor ■ JAPAN Wild Bird Society of Japan (BirdLife Partner); Y. Fujimaki; Y. Kanai, H. Morioka, K. Ono, H. Uchida, M. Ueta, N. Yanagisawa ■ KOREA ■ NORTH KOREA Pak U-il; Chong Jong-ryol, Rim Chu- yon. ■ SOUTH KOREA Lee Woo-shin; Han Sang-hoon, Kim Jin-han, Lee Ki-sup, Park Jin- young ■ LAOS K. Khounboline; W. J. Duckworth ■ MALAYSIA Malaysian Nature Society (BirdLife Partner); K. Kumar; G. Noramly, M. J. Kohler ■ MONGOLIA D. Batdelger; A. Bräunlich, N. Tseveenmyadag ■ MYANMAR Khin Ma Ma Thwin ■ NEPAL Bird Conservation Nepal (BirdLife Affiliate); H. S. Baral; C. Inskipp, T. P. Inskipp ■ PAKISTAN Ornithological Society of Pakistan (BirdLife Affiliate) ■ PHILIPPINES Haribon Foundation for Conservation of Natural Resources (BirdLife Partner); N. A. D. Mallari, B. R. Tabaranza, Jr. ■ RUSSIA Russian Bird Conservation Union (BirdLife Partner Designate); A. V. Andreev; A. G. Degtyarev, V. G. Degtyarev, V. A. Dugintsov, N. N. Gerasimov, Yu. N. Gerasimov, N. I. Germogenov, O. A. Goroshko, A. V. Kondrat’ev, Yu. V. Labutin, N. M. Litvinenko, Yu. N. Nazarov, V. A. Nechaev, V. I. Perfil’ev, R. V. Ryabtsev, Yu. V. Shibaev, S. G. Surmach, E. E. Tkachenko, O. P. Val’chuk, B. A. Voronov. ■ SINGAPORE The Nature Society (Singapore) (BirdLife Partner); Lim Kim Seng ■ SRI LANKA Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (BirdLife Affiliate); S. Kotagama; S. Aryaprema, S. Corea, J. P. G. Jones, U. Fernando, R. Perera, M. Siriwardhane, K. Weerakoon ■ THAILAND Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BirdLife Partner); U. Treesucon; R. Jugmongkol, V. Kongthong, P. Poonswad, P. D. Round, S. Supparatvikorn ■ VIETNAM BirdLife International Vietnam Country Programme; Nguyen Cu; J. C. Eames, A. W. Tordoff, Le Trong Trai, Nguyen Duc Tu. With contributions from: S. H. M. Butchart, D. S. Butler (maps), P. Davidson, J. C. Lowen, G. C. L. Dutson, N. B. Peet, T. Vetta (maps), J. M. Villasper (maps), M. G. Wilson Recommended citation BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. © 2001 BirdLife International Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 277318 Fax: +44 1223 277200 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.birdlife.net BirdLife International is a UK-registered charity All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. ISBN 0 946888 42 6 (Part A) ISBN 0 946888 43 4 (Part B) ISBN 0 946888 44 2 (Set) British Library-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library First published 2001 by BirdLife International Designed and produced by the NatureBureau, 36 Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5SJ, United Kingdom Available from the Natural History Book Service Ltd, 2–3 Wills Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5XN, UK. Tel: +44 1803 865913 Fax: +44 1803 865280 Email [email protected] Internet: www.nhbs.com/services/birdlife.html The presentation of material in this book and the geographical designations employed do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of BirdLife International concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. SWAN GOOSE Anser cygnoides Critical — Endangered A1a,c,d; A2b,c,d Vulnerable — This flock-forming migrant large waterbird has a very rapidly declining population as a result of habitat loss, particularly to agricultural development, and unsustainable levels of hunting. It therefore qualifies as Endangered. DISTRIBUTION The Swan Goose (see Remarks 1) breeds in eastern Russia, Mongolia and north-east China, and it is suspected that it may also breed in North Korea. On passage, large flocks have been found in central Mongolia, along the western coast of North and South Korea and in northern China. There are also some records from outside the Asian region in north-east Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (Dement’ev and Gladkov 1951–1954, Kreuzberg-Mukhina et al. 2000). The main wintering areas are along the eastern coast of China and the lower Yangtze valley, and smaller numbers winter elsewhere in China, and in Japan, South Korea and on Taiwan; there is also a single record from Thailand. ■ RUSSIA In the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, the Swan Goose inhabited a continuous range in eastern Russia, from the southern Altai in the west to the lower Amur river and the Uda basin in the north-east, and from northern Sakhalin south to the Khanka lowlands (see Dement’ev and Gladkov 1951–1954). However, since the 1950s its range has rapidly collapsed and has become highly fragmented; in Russia, it now occurs mainly on the Torey lakes, in the Ul’ma basin, in the lower Amur region, on northern Sakhalin and at Lake Khanka (N. D. Poyarkov in litt. 1999). It has been recorded breeding in Khakassia, Buryatia, Chita, Khabarovsk, Amur and Primorye and on Sakhalin island, and it may have bred in the past in Kamchatka. It has also been recorded on passage in the Jewish Autonomous Region and as a rare visitor to the Kuril islands. There is evidence that it has declined in many parts of its range. For example, it has disappeared from Kizi lake in Khabarovsk (B. A. Voronov in litt. 1997), by the late 1970s its range on Sakhalin covered less than half of the area that it occupied in the 1920s and 1930s (Nechaev 1991), and it has obviously declined in Primorye (N. M. Litvinenko in litt. 1997). Moreover, the species formerly nested in the north-western Minusinsk depression (Yanushevich and Yurlov 1950 in Rogacheva 1988, 1992), but it has been reported to no longer breed anywhere in Khakassia (Prokof’ev 1987 in Rogacheva 1992). Records (by province) are as follows: ■ Khakassia Bele lake, north-western Minusinsk depression, rare breeding species, undated (Sushkin 1914 in Rogacheva 1992); Irengol lake, north-western Minusinsk depression, rare breeding species, undated (Sushkin 1914 in Rogacheva 1992); Chernoye lake, north-western Minusinsk depression, rare breeding species, undated (Sushkin 1914 in Rogacheva 1992), one with Greylag Geese Anser anser, May 1975 (Rogacheva 1992); Beyskiy district (Beysk district), two collected from a flock of eight, autumn 1982 (Rogacheva 1992); ■ Buryatia Baikal lake, April 1873, August 1884, February 1885, May (before 1887), October 1898 and July 1944 (six specimens in BMNH); Selenga delta, breeding, presumably in the 1970s (Vasil’chenko 1987, 1988); Khamar-Daban area, rare on migration in the 1940s (Vasil’chenko 1987, 1988); ■ Chita Torey lakes (Toreisk lake), six nests, undated (Khrabry 1989; also Flint 1984, E. E. Tkachenko in litt. 1997); 363 Threatened birds of Asia ■ Kamchatka (where it probably bred in the nineteenth century: Taczanowski 1891–1893) Commander islands, occasional visitor, undated (Johansen 1936 in Gizenko 1955); Semlyachik lagoon (Semyachick lagoon), south-east Kamchatka, one, an occasional winter visitor, undated (Markov 1963); ■ Khabarovsk Ul’bansky bay, Tuguro-Chumikanskiy district, south-west Sea of Okhotsk area, more than 200 moulting birds, August 1989, probably breeding (Voronov and Pronkevich 1991a), breeding in the Ul’bansky lowland, undated (Miyabayashi and Mundkur 1999); Ul’ban river mouth, c.70 adults and juveniles, August 1996 (Masterov and Poyarkov 1997); Usalgin river mouth, some during aerial surveys, September 1996 (Masterov and Poyarkov 1997); Schast’ya bay, Chernaya Rechka hunting reserve, Nikolaevskiy district, 2–3 breeding pairs, 1981–1982 (Roslyakov 1984); Langr island and Ush island, Amur river mouth, commonly observed, undated (Stakhanov 1935 in Gizenko 1955); near Mago settlement, 30 km upstream of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Nikolaevskiy district, rare breeding species, one pair, June 1961 (Kistyakovskiy and Smogorzhevskiy 1973); Chernaya river, near Puir settlement, lower Amur, flock of “several hundreds” reported by local wardens, August 1979 (Poyarkov and Babenko 1987); Chertovo lake, lower Amur river, between Orel’ and Daldzha lakes, 4–5 adults and 20 goslings, July 1980 (Poyarkov and Babenko 1987); middle reaches of the Bichi river, tributary of Udyl’ lake, 20 moulting birds on the river in 1979 (Roslyakov 1979, Poyarkov and Babenko 1991); Bichi river mouth, 150 individuals including 60 goslings in 1979 (Poyarkov and Babenko 1991); lower Alochka river and lower Pil’da river, south-western Udyl’ lake basin, Ul’chskiy district, rare breeding species in the “mari” (wooded swamps) and small lakes on the riverine floodplains, c.150 breeding pairs, undated (Roslyakov 1981b), c.40 pairs in 1981 (B.
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  • CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN for the RUSSIAN FAR EAST ECOREGION COMPLEX Part 1

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    CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN FOR THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST ECOREGION COMPLEX Part 1. Biodiversity and socio-economic assessment Editors: Yuri Darman, WWF Russia Far Eastern Branch Vladimir Karakin, WWF Russia Far Eastern Branch Andrew Martynenko, Far Eastern National University Laura Williams, Environmental Consultant Prepared with funding from the WWF-Netherlands Action Network Program Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Blagoveshensk, Birobidzhan 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN. Part 1. 1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. The Russian Far East Ecoregion Complex 4 1.2. Purpose and Methods of the Biodiversity and Socio-Economic 6 Assessment 1.3. The Ecoregion-Based Approach in the Russian Far East 8 2. THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST ECOREGION COMPLEX: 11 A BRIEF BIOLOGICAL OVERVIEW 2.1. Landscape Diversity 12 2.2. Hydrological Network 15 2.3. Climate 17 2.4. Flora 19 2.5. Fauna 23 3. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 29 ECOREGION COMPLEX: FOCAL SPECIES AND PROCESSES 3.1. Focal Species 30 3.2. Species of Special Concern 47 3.3 .Focal Processes and Phenomena 55 4. DETERMINING PRIORITY AREAS FOR CONSERVATION 59 4.1. Natural Zoning of the RFE Ecoregion Complex 59 4.2. Methods of Territorial Biodiversity Analysis 62 4.3. Conclusions of Territorial Analysis 69 4.4. Landscape Integrity and Representation Analysis of Priority Areas 71 5. OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PRACTICES IN BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 77 5.1. Legislative Basis for Biodiversity Conservation in the RFE 77 5.2. The System of Protected Areas in the RFE 81 5.3. Conventions and Agreements Related to Biodiversity Conservation 88 in the RFE 6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFLUENCES 90 6.1.
  • Life-History Traits and Intra-Cohort Divergence of Clearhead Icefish (Protosalanx Chinensis), Indicating Cannibalism Increased Fitness

    Life-History Traits and Intra-Cohort Divergence of Clearhead Icefish (Protosalanx Chinensis), Indicating Cannibalism Increased Fitness

    Life-history traits and intra-cohort divergence of clearhead icefish (Protosalanx chinensis), indicating cannibalism increased fitness Fujiang Tang1, Wei Liu1, Jilong Wang1 and James Henne2 1 Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Harbin, China 2 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bears Bluff National Fish Hatchery, Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina ABSTRACT Cannibalism is considered one of the causes of intra-cohort size divergence in fish and is usually believed to result in increased fitness in terms of survival and reproduction, but direct evidence of this is lacking. Population demographics of the clearhead icefish (Protosalanx chinensis) from Lake Xingkai (Khanka) were investigated for one year. Size-frequencies exhibited a bimodal distribution from July through January, where the population diverged into an upper and a lower modal group based on size. Stomach content analysis confirmed the occurrence of cannibalism, where fish belonging to the larger, upper modal group preyed upon those of the smaller, lower modal group. We found P. chinensis does not spawn until all of the oocytes have reached maturity and then a single spawning event occurs although the oocytes may develope asynchronously in the ovary. Upper modal group females matured slightly earlier than those of the lower modal group, and reproductive investment was considerably greater in the upper modal group than the lower modal group. The lower modal males made up the majority of the population after the spawning period, which meant they may have few opportunities to participate in reproduction. Therefore, piscivory and cannibalism of P. chinensis appears to have increased fitness of the fish belonging to the upper modal group and greatly reduced the fitness of those belonging to the lower modal group.