Role of Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries in Snow Leopard Conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-94

  Li, Juan ^a,b   Wang, Dajun ^a   Yin, Hang ^c   Zhaxi, Duojie ^d   Jiagong, Zhala ^c   Schaller, George B ^e   Mishra, Charudutt ^f   Mccarthy, Thomas M ^e   Wang, Hao ^a   Wu, Lan ^a   Xiao, Lingyun ^a   Basang, Lamao ^g   Zhang, Yuguang ^h   Zhou, Yunyun ^h   Lu, Zhi ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Snow Leopard Trust   (United States)

^c Shan Shui Conservation Center   (China)

^d Qinghai Snowland Great Rivers Environmental Protection Association   (China)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^g Qinghai Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve Management Bureau   (China)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation strategy; Distribution; MaxEnt; Nature reserve; Panthera uncia; Sacred mountain

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; POPULATION MODELING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SANJIANGYUAN NATURE RESERVE;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; UNCIA UNCIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSERVATION STRATEGY; DISTRIBUCIÓN; DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTRATEGIA DE CONSERVACIÓN; MAXENT; MONTAÑA SAGRADA; NATURE RESERVE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA UNCIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RELIGION; RESERVA NATURAL; SACRED MOUNTAIN;

CONSERVATION STRATEGY; DISTRIBUCIÓN; DISTRIBUTION; ESTRATEGIA DE CONSERVACIÓN; MAXENT; MONTAÑA SAGRADA; NATURE RESERVE; PANTHERA UNCIA; RESERVA NATURAL; SACRED MOUNTAIN;

ANIMALS; BUDDHISM; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; PANTHERA;

EID: 84893705623     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12135     Document Type: Article

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