THE GALLINACEAN RESOURCE IN GANSU AND ITS EVALUATION
甘肃鸡类资源及评价

This paper reports the resources of species and genetic diversity of gallinacean in Gansu province and evaluates Gansu' s gallinacean resource according to the usable value of the components of diversity. In Gansu. the resources of species and genetic diversity of gallinacean are rich. There are 19 species,of which 9 are endemic species of China and 11 are protected species. Five species diversity into 14 subspecies, among them the pheasant of Gansu subspecies (Phasianu scolchicus strauchi) has many complicate genetic types. The resources of species and genetic diversity of gallinacean in Gansu have remarkable economic,ornamental and scientific research values,especially have vast vistas in the fields of population ecology,molecular ecology,and domestication and genetic breeding.