Foreword I Zeren sangzhu
Foreword II George B��Schaller
Author's Preface
OVERVIEW
HISTORY OF THE CHANG TANG
HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE CHANG TANG
Plateau Landforms
Closed Water Systems and Star Star Studded Lakes
Abundant Geothermal Resources
Capricious Climate
VEGETATION IN THE CHANG TANG
Flora
Vegetation Types
THE CHANG TANG'S WILDLIFE
Mammals on the Plateau
Birls in the Chang Tang
Amphibians��Reptiles and Fish in the Chang Tang
Insects and Other Arthopodan Animals
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECITION IN THE CHANG TANG
Mature Reserve Construction
Values of the Chang Tang 's Nature Reserves
EXPECTATION
The Chang Tang'sEcploration Chronicle
A Review of Values of Wildlife in the Chang Tang
Actions to Protect the Chang Tang
APPENDIX
The List of Northern and Southern ChangTang's Snow Mountains
and Glaciers
The List of Eastern Chang Tang's Sonw Mountains and Glaciers
The List of Chang Tang's Main Whose Ares Is Wider than 50kƽ����
The List of Chang Tang's Seed Plants
The List of Chang Tang's Terrestrial Verrebrate
The List of Chang Tang's Fishes
The List of Chang Tang's Insects
The List of Chang Tang's Other Arthropod
REFERENCES
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