Current status and conservation of the Endangered Przewalski's gazelle Procapra przewalskii, endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-153

  Li, Chunlin ^a   Jiang, Zhigang ^a   Ping, Xiaoge ^a   Cai, Jing ^a   You, Zhangqiang ^a   Li, Chunwang ^a   Wu, Yonglin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Administration of the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

China; conservation status; distance sampling; human wildlife conflict; Procapra przewalskii; Przewalski's gazelle; Qinghai Lake; total count

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INJURY; LIVESTOCK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RED LIST; REINTRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SUBPOPULATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

GAZELLA; PROCAPRA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 84863264526     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001134     Document Type: Article

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