Aseroe Araegnoidea Fisch. [Photo/chinanews.com]
The mid-term results of comprehensive biodiversity research in the Wuyanling National Nature Reserve in Taishun county, Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, were recently released.
The national nature reserve is widely known as a "natural biological gene bank" and a "green ecological museum".
The research, which kicked off in June 2020 and will end in May 2023, involves species such as bryophytes, vascular plants, vegetation, macrofungi, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and beasts.
Up to now, 2,371 species of higher plants belonging to 977 genera and 249 families have been identified, 349 species of vertebrates were recorded in 103 families of 34 orders, and 2,245 species of insects belonging to 1,308 genera and 221 families of 25 orders have been recorded.
There are many highlights of the mid-term achievements. For instance, the 1km×1km grid infrared camera monitoring the whole area of the protected area has been realized for the first time, and high-precision 3D (DOM, DGL, DEM) data has been used for the first time for vegetation regionalization in nature reserves.
This is the first time a special investigation of pterodactyl in the nature reserve has been carried out. A systematic and comprehensive survey of fish resources was carried out for the first time as well, and a large number of images of rare species were obtained, such as rasse, pangolin, tufted deer, badger, yellow-throated marten, and protobothrops cornutus. In addition, a total of three new plant species were found and 439 new species of plants and animals were recorded in the reserve, including 18 at the provincial level and 93 in Wenzhou.
