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Preliminary assessment of large mammals in the Namcha Barwa region of south-eastern Tibet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Qiu Ming Jiang  and
William V. Bleisch
Qiu Ming Jiang
Affiliation:
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China.
William V. Bleisch
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Society, The Bronx, NY 10460, USA.
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In 1994 the authors made two rapid assessments of wildlife in the remote Namcha Barwa region, south-eastern Tibet, China. They conducted interviews, examined and recorded trophies in the possession of local Menba, Luoba and Kangba Tibetans and made opportunistic field observations. Despite the extensive forests in this extremely remote region, wildlife populations appeared to be low except in inaccessible areas along county borders. Frequent reports of tiger predation on cattle, horses and mules in glaciated valleys on the south slope of the Himalayas may indicate a shortage of natural prey. Uncontrolled hunting, human population growth and expedient economic development threaten the survival of large mammals in the region.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 37 - 44
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1996

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