[Population Status of Centropus sinensis in Guangxi Province].
OBJECTIVE
T0 understand the population distribution, species abundance and habitats requirement of a medicinal animal, Centropus sinensis, in Guangxi Province.


METHODS
Line transect methods were used to census population number and habitat types in 18 counties or cities of Guangxi.


RESULTS
Centropus sinensis distributed in all study area, with a higher population density in the south than in the north. Among seven habitat types, the species preferred living in forest-farmland ecotone, while seldom in broad-leaves forest or plantations.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of habitat preference show an advantage to the population recovering for forest-farmland ecotone commonly existing in Guangxi Province. But the speed of population recovering is slowly under illegal hunting pressure. More attention should be paid to protect this species.
Li-jiang
LJ
Yu
Gui-dong
GD
Yu
Xiao-wen
XW
Liao
Zhou
Z
Lu
Yun-li
YL
Xu
Fang
F
Zhou
D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D065928:Forests; D011156:Population Density