Distribution, status, and conservation of wild yak Bos grunniens

Biological Conservation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Schaller, George B ^a,c   Wulin, Liu ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Tibet Forest Bureau   (China)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat; Tibetan Plateau; Wild yak; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ALPINE DESERT; ALPINE STEPPE; CONSERVATION; HUNTING; HYBRIDIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; WILDERNESS; YAK;

CHANG TANG RESERVE; CHINA; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

BOS GRUNNIENS;

EID: 0029669250     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(96)85972-6     Document Type: Article

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