The Biology and Past Distribution of the Near-Threatened Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) Based on Verified Historical Specimens in China

doi:10.1675/063.042.0410

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	The Biology and Past Distribution of the Near-Threatened Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) Based on Verified Historical Specimens in China
	Stidham, Thomas A.1,2,3; Gang, Song 4
	2019-12-01
发表期刊	WATERBIRDS
ISSN	1524-4695
卷号	42 期号:4 页码:446-450
通讯作者	Stidham, Thomas A.(presbyornis@gmail.com)
摘要	The Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is a lesser-known pelican species that experienced a significant reduction across its geographic range during the mid-late twentieth century as the result of extirpation of many populations in Asia. Through direct examination of museum skins, we verified the species identification of four nineteenth and twentieth century Spot-billed Pelican specimens from China, including a female specimen that is the northernmost verified distribution record in China (Shanghai) collected during the typical breeding season (24 March 1931), and another individual collected just prior to the breeding season is the most recent historical specimen known from China (20 September 1963). These specimens lend support to the idea that at least some Spot-billed Pelicans were residents (and possible breeders) in China during at least part of the twentieth century. These verified specimens can supply biological material to be used in future multidisciplinary studies about the biology of the extirpated Chinese population, and they may inform future efforts toward the successful reintroduction of this species to China and elsewhere within its former geographic range.
关键词	breeding China distribution extirpation museum specimen natural history near threatened Spot-Billed Pelican
DOI	10.1675/063.042.0410
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[NSFC41772013] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[NSFC31471991]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China
WOS研究方向	Zoology
WOS类目	Ornithology
WOS记录号	WOS:000509220100010
出版者	WATERBIRD SOC
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/16889
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Stidham, Thomas A.
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Paleontol & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Key Lab Zool Systemat & Evolut, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stidham, Thomas A.,Gang, Song. The Biology and Past Distribution of the Near-Threatened Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) Based on Verified Historical Specimens in China[J]. WATERBIRDS,2019,42(4):446-450.
APA	Stidham, Thomas A.,&Gang, Song.(2019).The Biology and Past Distribution of the Near-Threatened Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) Based on Verified Historical Specimens in China.WATERBIRDS,42(4),446-450.
MLA	Stidham, Thomas A.,et al."The Biology and Past Distribution of the Near-Threatened Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) Based on Verified Historical Specimens in China".WATERBIRDS 42.4(2019):446-450.