Title:

Present status of biological reserches on the conservation of Korean vertebrates and the systematic researches on rodent diversity

Subtitle:

Fauna and Flora of the Korean Peninsula ; Stan badań nad ochroną koreańskich kręgowców i badania systematyczne na bioróżnorodnością gryzoni ; Conservation of Korean vertebrates

Creator:

Koh, Hung Sun ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

1997

Description:

W serii gł.: Fragmenta Faunistica, t. 40, nr 29 ; Zawiera materiały z konferencji: Polish-Korean Joint Seminar Fauna and Flora of the Korean Peninsula: Their Inventory, Systematics and Evolution in Perspective of Biodiversity Conservation ; Bibliogr. p. 317-318 ; P. 313-318 ; 24 cm ; Abstract in Polish. Taxa in Latin.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

bibliography ; vertebrates ; conferences ; biodiversity ; systematics ; conservation ; Korea ; rodents ; Rodentia ; Vertebrata ; vertebrates protection

Abstract:

In the Korean peninsula, 1 472 species of vertebrates are listed (960 fishes, 15 amphibians, 29 reptiles, 383 birds, 85 mammals): among them 48 species are designated as natural monuments (4 fishes, 38 birds, 6 mammals) and 116 species, endangered species (29 fishes, 4 amphibians, 8 reptiles, 54 birds, 21 mammals). Moreover, 116 species (24 fishes, 9 amphibians, 13 reptiles, 50 birds, 20 mammals) are designated by the Ministry of Environment as the vertebrates of special protection. Total number of publications on biological researches using Korean vertebrates are 946 papers (fishes, 464; amphibians, 90; reptiles, 42; birds, 194; mammals, 156). But the researches on the conservation of biological resources are at basic level: 57% of the papers are related to the reports on the list of local fauna and traditional taxonomy, and only 13% of 87 endangered species in tetrapods were studied, but still in a very limited scope and depth. In Korean rodents, many systematic papers were published using methods ranging from morphometry to DNA systematics, but a few international cooperational researches were carried out. All of Korean rodents are one or two subspecies of the species inhabited in the Eastern Asia or across Eurasia, and it is necessary for the conservation of Korean rodents to carry out international researches with the cooperation of many foreign mammalogists.

Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica ; Fragmenta Faunistica. Fauna and Flora of the Korean Peninsula

Volume:

40

Issue:

29

Start page:

313

End page:

318

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/00159301FF1997.40.29.313

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.256, T. 40 nr 29 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4664, T. 40 nr 29 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Closed