Description
The dataset of Biodiversity of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province, Vietnam is constructed based on the results of the Vietnam national research project, titled "Research on biodiversity of Son Doong cave system in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province for conservation and sustainable development”, coded DTĐL.CN-113/21, supported by the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology, conducted by the Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 497 records.
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Vu V.L., Pham D.S., Do V.T., Duong V.T., Tran T.T.B., Hoang N.K., Nguyen D.A., Vu D.T., Do V.T., Nguyen D.H., Dinh D.T., Vu T.T.H., Pham H.P., Le K.Q., Hoang A.T., Bui V.H., Le X.S., Pham N.T., Vo V.T. (2024). Biodiversity of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh, Vietnam. Version 1.0. Vietnam National Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=lien&v=1.0
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Keywords
Occurrence; Plants; Bats; Birds; Amphibian and Reptiles; Millipede and Centipede; Land snails; Insects; Arachnids; Crustacean
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Geographic Coverage
The research was carried out inside and outside Son Doong cave, En cave, Va cave and its vicinity in communes Thuong Trach, Son Trach, and Tan Trach of Bo Trach district, Phong Nha -Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province, Vietnam.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [17.35, 16.225], North East [17.546, 106.332] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Taxonomic coverage of the research was vascular plants; mammals, birds, fish, amphibian and reptile; arachnid, insect, centipede and millipede, crustacean, and gastropod.
| Kingdom | Plantae, Animalia |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda, Chordata, Mollusca, Tracheophyta |
| Class | REPTILIA, MALACOSTRACA, Polypodiopsida, Liliopsida, Aves, Diplopoda, Lycopodiopsida, Chilopoda, Gastropoda, AMPHIBIA, Magnoliopsida, Chiroptera, Gnetopsida, Insecta, Primates, Teleostei |
| Order | Chordeumatidae, Cucurbitales, Dioscoreales, Decapoda, Malpighiaceae, Bucerotiformes, Spirostreptidae, Ericales, Solanales, Passeriformes, Scolopendromorpha, Polydesmida, Poales, Chiroptera, Malpighiales, Scutigeromorpha, Helicinidae, Primates, Apodiformes, Julida, Boraginales, Lamiales, Caryophyllales, Glomerida, Gnetales, Platydesmida, Rosales, Piperales, Commelinales, Brassicales, Sapindales, Gentianales, Magnoliales, Cyatheales, Lepidoptera, TESTUDINES, Anguilliformes, Trogoniformes, Cycloneritida, Cuculiformes, Architaenioglossa, Geophilomorpha, Selaginellales, Alismatales, Anura, Fagales, Lithobiomorpha, Laurales, Ranunculales, Falconiformes, Myrtales, Asparagales, Accipitriformes, Polypodiales, Hymenophyllales, Siluriformes, Anabantiformes, Coleoptera, Columbiformes, Malvales, Cypriniformes, SQUAMATA, Vitales, Fabales, Malvaceae, Strigiformes, Coraciiformes, Piciformes, Psilotales, Oxalidales, Stylommatophora, Apiales |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2022-01-03 / 2024-12-05 |
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Project Data
Research on the diversity of animal and plant species, the specificity of the ecosystem of Son Doong cave system and its vicinity, including mammals, birds, reptiles - amphibians, freshwater fish, arachnids, mollusks, millipedes, crustaceans, and insects. The field surveys were carried out in 2022 and 2023.
| Title | Research on biodiversity of Son Doong cave system, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province for conservation and sustainable development |
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| Identifier | ĐTĐL.CN-113/21 |
| Funding | The research was suppoted by the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology under the grant ĐTĐL.CN-113/21. |
| Study Area Description | The research was carried out inside and ouside of Son Doong cave, En cave, Va cave and its vicinity in Communues of Thuong Trach, Son Trach, and Tan Trach of Bo Trach district, inside the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. |
| Design Description | Research methods according to different groups of experts. Some specimens were collected for DNA analysis, species identification as well as building a specimen collection of plants and animals. In addtional, observations of species presence and relative abumdance were made during the surveys. |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Sampling Methods
The species list was made by specialists. Samples of all vascular plants were taken for indentation. Mammals and birds were recorded by human observation, photographing, singing, etc. Bats were traps and taken photographs and the released. Some samples of vascular plants, mammals, amphibian and reptiles, and fish were taken for DNA analysis to identify. Insects including butterflies, moths, beetles, crickets were collected in daytime and nighttime by insect hand nets and light traps.
| Study Extent | The study biodiversity in Son Doong cave and its vicinity in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province, central Vietnam was conducted in 3 years from 2022 to 2024. The field survey was carried out in 2 years 2022 and 2023 in Thuong Trach, Son Trach, and Tan Trach communes of Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province. The main field research was inside and outside Son Doong cave, Hang En, Hang Va, and surrounding areas. Son Doong cave is proposed the biggest cave in the world. The habitats of field research are from natural closed forest, secondary forest, along stream beds, forests in Dolines, streams and ponds inside and outside the caves. The animal and plants studied were Vascular Plants, Mammals, Birds, Amphibian and Reptiles, Fish, Millipede and Centipede, Land snails, Insects, Arachnids, Crustacean. |
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| Quality Control | Research is conducted by experienced experts in specialized groups. Taxa identification is based on published documents in the country and in the region. Some taxa were used DNA barcode data for identification. Results of researhc were published in reputation national and international Journals. |
Method step description:
- Photos of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibian, etc. taken in the field were used to identify species by specialists referred literatures of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibian in the Vietnam and region. Insects, land snails, spider and scorpion, millipede and centipedes were collected to identify. Most of specimens were identified to the species level, but some were just identified to the genus level. In order to identify some species including new species of reptiles, we used DNA to compare with DNA of Genbank to identify species. The species list was check carefully and based on field records, photos, specimens, DNA, and other sources so the species list is reliable.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Collection of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Dried |
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Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | The research was supported by the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology under the grant DTDL.CN-113/21. We would like to thank the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province, the management Board of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, and Oxalis Company for allowing and giving favorable conditions for us to do the research. Thanks is also due to all participants, officials and staffs of the Park and the Vietnam National Museum of Nature. |
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| Introduction | Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park is located in Bo Trach and Minh Hoa districts, Quang Binh province, with a length of about 100 km along the Vietnam-Laos national border. With a total area of 85,754 hectares, this is identified as having the largest area of primary forest on limestone mountains in Vietnam. The park was established in 2001, formerly Phong Nha Nature Reserve, a World Natural Heritage, ranked by UNESCO: World Natural Heritage; criteria (viii) geology, geomorphology (2003); criteria (ix) ecosystem and (x) Biodiversity (2015), with an area of 123,326 hectares, including 03 sub-zones: strictly protected sub-zone (100,296 hectares); ecological restoration sub-zone (19,619 hectares); administrative service zone (3,411 ha), buffer zone with an area of 219,855.34 ha in 13 communes. With more than 400 caves, total length of more than 220km; divided into three main systems: Phong Nha system, Vom system and Chay system. Phong Nha - Ke Bang cave system has the world's leading value because it retains intact geological - geomorphological values, formed from the results of long-term tectonic crust; typical examples are Phong Nha cave, Tien Son cave, Thien Duong cave, Son Doong cave, En cave, ... Among the caves, Son Doong cave is considered the largest natural cave in the world, with coordinates 17°55'N and 106°14'E, located in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, in Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province. The cave is 150m wide, over 200m high, and nearly 9km long. The estimated capacity of Son Doong Cave is 36.8 million cubic meters. Son Doong Cave is part of an underground system connecting more than 150 other caves of the limestone mountain range located near the Vietnam - Laos border of Vietnam. The cave has two "skylights", two places where the ceiling collapses, allowing sunlight to shine in, creating conditions for trees to grow like a tropical forest in the cave, one of which is called "Adam's Garden". This creates special tropical "forests" with specific flora and fauna, including ferns, mosses, lichens, a fauna of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians living in a tropical forest environment with natural light in the sinkholes. Son Doong Cave also has a large natural lake inside the cave; a large underground river system, formed by the intersection of two rivers (Rao Thuong and the river from Hang Khe Ry with the water originating from the Lao border). The underground river in Son Doong has transformed the environment and ecosystem inside the cave into a special one, home to a number of aquatic animals, including fish and crustaceans. Cave research in the world has discovered many new species for science, endemic species found in caves. In Vietnam, some studies on cave biodiversity, typically studies in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park on spiders and scorpions, have discovered new species of spiders and scorpions for science, with a very high rate of endemic species. It shows that cave environments, especially Son Doong Cave, have a geological history of more than 2 million years with an extremely large space, where there are tropical forests and underground rivers, which are the environment for many specialized cave species. They have evolved and completely adapted to cave life with absolutely no light and limited nutrition. The process of formation and evolution of species in caves has created stable cave communities, dependent on each other, perhaps even more dependent than outside communities. Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park has a very rich and diverse flora and fauna, and many studies have discovered many new species for science here; However, there has been almost no research on the biodiversity of caves, especially the world's largest cave, Son Doong Cave. This research aims to discover and identify biodiversity of Son Doong cave and its vicinity area of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. |
| Getting Started | The dataset contains species of vascular plants, mammals, birds, fish, amphibian and reptile, arachnid, insect, centipede and millipede, crustacean, and gastropod. Among the species, a new reptile species to science was discovered and published, Cyrtodactylus hangvaensis. |
| Purpose | Research and assess the biodiversity of animal and plant species in the Son Doong cave system, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park |
| Alternative Identifiers | 777dddfc-9b3a-4a68-a2a2-464275f52197 |
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