Occurrence data of terrestrial vertebrates of Son Tra Peninsula, Da Nang City, Vietnam

By

Tran, Bang
Le, Duy
Hoang, Huy
Hoang, Duc

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-11-27

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

7

Pages

1--4

Subjects

Amphibian , Aves , Distribution , mammal , occurrence , Reptile

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e39233
eLocator: e39233

 

Abstract

The forest of Son Tra Peninsula was designated as a nature reserve in 1977 and serves as a green lung for Da Nang City. Due to the economic development scheme of Da Nang City, the forest of the peninsula has been disturbed by human activities and by invasive plant species. Moreover, the management board of the nature reserve lacked sufficient data of the species distribution of its biodiversity for developing future management and conservation plans. To provide and enhance knowledge for the distribution of wildlife species in Son Tra Peninsula, we conducted field surveys over two years to collect data on species richness and distribution and then build a biodiversity database for the protected area.<br> The project collected the occurrence data of 145 species of terrestrial vertebrates, accounting for 51.6% of vertebrate species known from the peninsula with total of 900 observations. In addition, distribution data of six threatened species were recorded on the peninsula.