Status and trends of Tibetan plateau mammalian fauna, Yeniugou, China

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-19

  Harris, Richard B ^a   Pletscher, Daniel H ^a   Loggers, Chris O ^b   Miller, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Kettle Falls Ranger District   (United States)

^c Bldg A 11th Fl No 8 C   (China)

Author keywords

Argali; Blue sheep; China; Conservation; Qinghai; Survey; Tibetan antelope; Tibetan gazelle; Tibetan wild ass; White lipped deer; Wild yak; Yeniugou

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; HUNTING; MAMMAL;

CHINA;

BOS GRUNNIENS; CERVUS ALBIROSTRIS; EQUUS KIANG; PANTHOLOPS HODGSONI; PROCAPRA PICTICAUDATA; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR;

EID: 0032889506     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00046-9     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Achuff, P.L., Petocz, R., 1988. Preliminary resource inventory of the Arjin Mountains Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Worldwide Fund for Nature Project 3642 Report, Worldwide Fund for Nature, Gland, 78 pp.
2. Cai, G.Q., 1997. Status of the wild yak in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. In: Miller, D.J., Craig, S.R. and Rana, G.M. (Eds), Conservation and Management of Yak Genetic Diversity. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, pp. 61-65.
3. Cai G.Q., Liu Y.S., O'Gara B.W. Observations of large mammals in the Qaidam Basin and its peripheral mountainous areas in the People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 68:1990;2021-2024.
4. Feng Z.J. Wild animal resources in the Hoh Xil region. Chinese Journal of Arid Land Research. 4:1993;247-253.
5. Harris, R.B., 1993. Wildlife conservation in Yeniugou, Qinghai province, China. Ph.D. thesis, University of Montana.
6. Harris R.B. Dealing with uncertainty in counts of mountain ungulates. Proceedings of the International Snow Leopard Symposium. 7:1994;105-111.
7. Harris, R.B., 1995. Ecotourism versus trophy hunting: incentives toward conservation in Yeniugou, Tibetan Plateau, China. In: Bissonette, J.A. and Krausman, P.R. (Eds.), Integrating People and Wildlife for a Sustainable Future, Proceedings of the 1st International Wildlife Management Congress. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, MD, pp. 228-234.
8. Harris, R.B., 1996. Wild ungulate surveys in grassland habitats: Satisfying methodological assumptions. Chinese Journal of Zoology 31, 16-21. (Chinese, English version available).
9. Harris R.B., Miller D.J. Overlap in summer habitats and diets of Tibetan plateau ungulates. Mammalia. 59:1995;197-212.
10. Harris, R.B., Miller, D.J., Cai, G.Q., Pletscher, D.H., 1996. Wildlife status and conservation in Yeniugou, Qinghai. Acta Theriologica Sinica 16, 113-118 (Chinese, English version available).
11. Miller D.J., Bedunah D.J. Rangelands of the Kunlun mountains in western China. Rangelands. 16:1994;71-76.
12. Miller, D.J., Harris, R.B., Cai G.Q., 1994. Wild yaks and their conservation on the Tibetan plateau. In: Zhang, R. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 1st International Yak Congress August 1-6, Lanzhou, China. Gansu Agricultural University, Gansu, pp. 27-34.
13. Qinghai Bianjizu, 1985. A survey of the society and history of Qinghai's Hui, Salar, and Kazakh peoples (Qinghai sheng huizu salazu hasakezu shehui lishi diaocha). Qinghai People's Publishing House (Qinghai renmin chubanshe), Xining, 168 pp (in Chinese).
14. Schaller G.B. In a high and sacred realm: Tibet's remote Chang Tang. National Geographic. 184:1993;62-87.
15. Schaller G.B., Ren J.R. Effects of a snowstorm on Tibetan antelope. Journal of Mammalogy. 69:1988;631-634.
16. Schaller G.B., Liu W.L. Distribution, status, and conservation of wild yak Bos grunniens. Biological Conservation. 76:1996;1-8.
17. Schaller G.B., Ren J.R., Qiu M.J. Observations on the Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni). Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 29:1991;361-378.
18. Stevens W.K. Huge new reserve for Tibet wildlife. New York Times, February. 4:1990;1990.
19. Wright, B., Kumar, A. 1997. Fashioned for extinction: An Expose of the Shahtoosh Trade. Wildlife Protection Society of India, New Delhi.
20. Zhou, L.H., (Ed.), 1990. Qinghai Province Vegetation Map (Qinghai sheng zhibei tu). China Science and Technology Press (Zhongguo kexue jishu chubanshe), Beijing.