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Author Harris, Richard B.

Title Wildlife conservation in China : preserving the habitat of China's wild west / Richard B. Harris ; foreword by George B. Schaller.

Publication Info. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series An east gate book
East gate book.
Note "An East Gate book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-328) and index.
Contents China's wild west: geography is destiny -- The Chinese perception of wildlife -- Animals: wild, captive, and domestic -- Chinese legal institutions and wildlife -- Nature reserves: poor substitutes for comprehensive natural resource management -- Species stories -- Trophy hunting: opportunities squandered -- Chinese wildlife science -- A future for wildlife in western China -- App. Animals mentioned in the text.
Summary What does the future hold for China's endangered wildlife? Drawing on 20 year's experience working in China, the leading U.S. expert on the subject incorporates perspectives ranging from biology to Chinese history and tradition to interpret wildlife conservation issues in a cultural context.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Wildlife conservation -- China.
Wildlife conservation.
China.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780765620576 (DLC) 2007001676 (OCoLC)78893303
ISBN 9780765624437 (electronic book)
0765624435 (electronic book)
076562057X (cloth)
9780765620576 (cloth)
1282119583
9781282119581