Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in Beijing
Beijing, the capital of China, with a population of more than 21 million, is a mega city that is located on the migration route between East Asia and Australia. Owing to the process of urbanization, more urban spaces have been occupied by artificial buildings and facilities in the past. Since the im...
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| author | Zhibin Cheng Zhenyu Zhong Jiade Bai Jianbin Duan Geng Guo Yuping Meng Yunfang Shan Yankuo Li Lin Xu Xuxiong Guo Qingquan Pan Libin Wang |
| author_facet | Zhibin Cheng Zhenyu Zhong Jiade Bai Jianbin Duan Geng Guo Yuping Meng Yunfang Shan Yankuo Li Lin Xu Xuxiong Guo Qingquan Pan Libin Wang |
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| description | Beijing, the capital of China, with a population of more than 21 million, is a mega city that is located on the migration route between East Asia and Australia. Owing to the process of urbanization, more urban spaces have been occupied by artificial buildings and facilities in the past. Since the implementation of the Measures of the National Voluntary Tree Planting Movement by the State Council in Beijing in 1982, urban green spaces (especially urban parks) have been greatly increased, promoting the restoration of ecosystem in Beijing. Interestingly, bird biodiversity greatly increased with the expanding of urban green spaces, and more new records of birds were found by the booming development of bird watching activities in Beijing. A total of 503 bird species have been found in Beijing to date, including 27 Class I species (Aythya baeri, Grus japonensis, Emberiza jankowskii, etc.) and 89 Class II species (Grus grus, Paradoxornis heudei, etc.) in the List of Key Protected Wildlife in China, most of which are the flagship species of the wetland ecosystem and forest ecosystem. This suggests that Beijing has become one of the richest mega cities in the world in terms of bird biodiversity. Therefore, the long-term conservation of urban biodiversity should be considered during the process of urbanization construction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b60cd9fae2cb47358b0e4c25f848ca762023-06-30T01:41:34ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Ecosystem Health and Sustainability2332-88782023-01-01910.34133/ehs.0068Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in BeijingZhibin Cheng0Zhenyu Zhong1Jiade Bai2Jianbin Duan3Geng Guo4Yuping Meng5Yunfang Shan6Yankuo Li7Lin Xu8Xuxiong Guo9Qingquan Pan10Libin Wang11Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China.Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China.Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China.Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China.Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China.Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China.Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China.College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China.Beijing Yanqing District Nature Reserve Management Office, Beijing 102101, China.Beijing Yanqing District Nature Reserve Management Office, Beijing 102101, China.Beijing Yizhuang Investment Holdings Limited, Beijing 100023, China.Beijing Milu Ecological Research Center, Beijing 100076, China.Beijing, the capital of China, with a population of more than 21 million, is a mega city that is located on the migration route between East Asia and Australia. Owing to the process of urbanization, more urban spaces have been occupied by artificial buildings and facilities in the past. Since the implementation of the Measures of the National Voluntary Tree Planting Movement by the State Council in Beijing in 1982, urban green spaces (especially urban parks) have been greatly increased, promoting the restoration of ecosystem in Beijing. Interestingly, bird biodiversity greatly increased with the expanding of urban green spaces, and more new records of birds were found by the booming development of bird watching activities in Beijing. A total of 503 bird species have been found in Beijing to date, including 27 Class I species (Aythya baeri, Grus japonensis, Emberiza jankowskii, etc.) and 89 Class II species (Grus grus, Paradoxornis heudei, etc.) in the List of Key Protected Wildlife in China, most of which are the flagship species of the wetland ecosystem and forest ecosystem. This suggests that Beijing has become one of the richest mega cities in the world in terms of bird biodiversity. Therefore, the long-term conservation of urban biodiversity should be considered during the process of urbanization construction.https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/ehs.0068 |
| spellingShingle | Zhibin Cheng Zhenyu Zhong Jiade Bai Jianbin Duan Geng Guo Yuping Meng Yunfang Shan Yankuo Li Lin Xu Xuxiong Guo Qingquan Pan Libin Wang Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in Beijing Ecosystem Health and Sustainability |
| title | Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in Beijing |
| title_full | Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in Beijing |
| title_fullStr | Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in Beijing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in Beijing |
| title_short | Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in Beijing |
| title_sort | bird biodiversity increased with the area of urban green spaces expanding after 40 years of tree planting in beijing |
| url | https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/ehs.0068 |
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