CONTENTSForeword I Zeren sangzhuForeword II George B.SchallerAuthor's PrefaceOVERVIEWHISTORY OF THE CHANG TANGHUMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE CHANG TANGPlateau LandformsClosed Water Systems and Star Star Studded Lakes Abundant Geothermal ResourcesCapricious ClimateVEGETATION IN THE CHANG TANG Flora Vegetation Types THE CHANG TANG'S WILDLIFEMammals on the PlateauBirls in the Chang Tang Amphibians,Reptiles and Fish in the Chang Tang Insects and Other Arthopodan Animals NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECITION IN THE CHANG TANGMature Reserve ConstructionValues of the Chang Tang 's Nature ReservesEXPECTATIONThe Chang Tang'sEcploration ChronicleA Review of Values of Wildlife in the Chang Tang Actions to Protect the Chang TangAPPENDIXThe List of Northern and Southern ChangTang's Snow Mountainsand GlaciersThe List of Eastern Chang Tang's Sonw Mountains and GlaciersThe List of Chang Tang's Main Whose Ares Is Wider than 50kƽ����The List of Chang Tang's Seed PlantsThe List of Chang Tang's Terrestrial VerrebrateThe List of Chang Tang's Fishes����