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Unprotected condition of a new breeding Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) population in Pingshan, Hebei Province, China

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A new breeding population of Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata, Linnaeus) was first recorded in 2003 in Jiaotanzhuang-Hehekou region of Pingshan county, Hebei Province, China. Recently, the gradually increasing population indicates that there are suitable breeding habitats (such as foraging habitats and nesting sites) for Mandarin Duck. However, these habitats are always close to human disturbances, which are the potential risk for their population. Therefore, it is urgent to put forward an applicable protection strategy, in order to strengthen the public awareness for this unprotected population.

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  1. College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050016, P. R. China

    Dong-Ming Li, Yue-Feng Wu & Guo-Qiang Cao

  2. The key laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, 050016, P. R. China

    Dong-Ming Li & Yue-Feng Wu

  3. Experimental School of Pingshan, Hebei Province, Pingshan, 050400, P. R. China

    Jian-Ping Li

  4. College of Huihua, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050091, P. R. China

    Zheng Luo

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Foundation project: This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (D2006000701, C2007000247) and Doctoral Fund of Hebei Normal University (L2008B11).

Biography: LI Dong-ming (1980–), male, Ph.D. in Zoology, assistant professor in College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, China.

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Li, DM., Li, JP., Wu, YF. et al. Unprotected condition of a new breeding Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) population in Pingshan, Hebei Province, China. Journal of Forestry Research 20, 381–382 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-009-0065-4

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