CForBio： a network monitoring Chinese forest biodiversity

作     者：Gang Feng XiangchengMi Hui Yan Frank Yonghong Li Jens-Christian Svenning Keping Ma 

作者机构：Department of Ecology College of Life Sciences InnerMongolia University Hohhot 010021 China Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Ny Munkegade 1148000 Aarhus C Denmark State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental ChangeInstitute of Botany Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100093 China Monitoring and Planning Institution of Inner Mongolia Forestry Administration Hohhot 010021 China 

出 版 物：《Science Bulletin》 (科学通报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第61卷第15期

页      面：1163-1170页

核心收录：

学科分类：082802[工学-农业水土工程] 090707[农学-水土保持与荒漠化防治] 0907[农学-林学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0828[工学-农业工程] 09[农学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：Chinese Scholarship Council for the support funded by the Starting Funding for Scientific Research from Inner Mongolia University JCS was funded by the European Research Council the Danish Council for Independent Research I Natural Sciences 

主　　题：Forest ecosystem Defaunation Climatechange Remote sensing 

摘      要：China harbors a rich variety of forest types and forest-associated biodiversity, linked to both historical and contemporary environmental factors. However, being a country with a large population and rapid economic development, its diverse forest is facing unprecedent challenges. The Chinese Forest Biodiversity Network （CForBio） was initiated 12 years ago to study the mainte- nance of biodiversity in China＇s forest ecosystems. In this review, we first summarize research progress in CForBio, and then give suggestions for future research. In the past 12 years, the research based on CForBio mainly focused on local ecological factors, such as environment filtering, biotic interactions and small-scale dispersal limitation. We suggest that future studies in CForBio should （1） continue research on trees, but expand more on insects, birds, mammals, microbes and other organism groups; （2） investigate the effects of widespread defaunation on forest biodiversity, structure and functioning; （3） evaluate the diverse effects of climate change on forest composition,structure and functioning; （4） include new technologies, such as remote sensing, to better monitor and study forest biodiversity change and maintenance.