Traditional hunting of tibetan antelope, Its relation to antelope migration, and its rapid transformation in the western chang tang nature reserve

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-211

  Fox, Joseph ^a   Dorji, Tsechoe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUNTING; MIGRATION; NATURE RESERVE; PLATEAU; TENURE RELATIONS; UNGULATE;

ASIA; CHANG TANG NATURE RESERVE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

PANTHOLOPS HODGSONII;

EID: 68149165131     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-41.2.204     Document Type: Article

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