Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World
This book presents some results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal), pinpoints the threats to their survival and suggests ways how to avoid their extinction. Most chapters are based on graduate research projects – relatively long-term field studies. The data presented here can be...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2012.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface
- An overview of the biodiversity in Nepal
- Conservation of biodiversity: an outline of the challenge
- Orchid diversity in the Chitwan district
- Distribution and diversity of storks in the adjoining areas of Chitwan National Park, Nepal
- Interactions between the Himalayan tahr, livestock and snow leopards in the Sagarmatha National Park
- Numbers, distribution and facts limiting the abundance of tigers (Panthera tigris) in the Bardia National Park extension area
- Impact of livestock grazing on the vegetation and wild ungulates in the Barandabhar Corridor Forest, Nepal
- Challenges to wildlife conservation posed by hunting in non-protected areas north of the Bardia National Park
- Delineating wildlife corridor in an agriculture mosaic: effects of landscape and conservation patterns
- Where to go next?
- Species index
- Subject index. .
