Human-induced changes to biodiversity and alpine pastureland in the Bayanbulak region of the East Tienshan Mountains

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 383-389

  Zhang, Baiping ^a   Yao, Yonghui ^a   Cheng, Weiming ^a   Zhou, Chenghu ^a   Lu, Zhou ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Alishir, Kurban ^b   ErDowlet, Islamkhan ^b   Zhang, Liyun ^b   Shi, Qingdong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayanbulak; China; Pastureland degradation; Swan protection; Tienshan

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING SITE; NATURE RESERVE; OVERGRAZING; PASTURE;

BAYANBULAK; CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ANSERIFORMES; CYGNUS;

EID: 0036875464     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2002)022[0383:HICTBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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