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Wildlife Species of the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve is an academic monograph on the conservation and sustainable protection of wildlife. It systematically describes the natural environment of the entire Qomolangma Reserve, as well as the overall situation and historical investigation of species of terrestrial wildlife. Hundreds of wild animals are surveyed in terms of composition, distribution, regional characteristics, and vertical distribution. In addition, animals' geographical division and distribution patterns are discussed in depth. The book describes the extreme elevations of the Qomolangma region and the vertical variation of wildlife. It reveals many unique species and landscapes, photographed for the first time, and integrating innovation, science, and academics into the Qinghai-Tibet region and high-altitude regions in the world. The ecological protection and sustainable use of high mountain regions has important application value, and this book is particularly suited to teachers, students, researchers, wildlife enthusiasts, and related departments in colleges and universities.

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This book condenses the research team's five-year scientific results in the Qomolangma region, showing a vibrant and colorful world of wildlife. The book provides a scientific discussion of the general situation of terrestrial wildlife resources in the Qomolangma Protected Area and expounds the research results of the vertical changes among mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. It is an important work which combines innovation, science and academic rigor for the exploration of the animal world in the high mountain regions, and is also a reference book for all who carry out ecological and biological protection in the Qomolangma region. --Lin Haoran, Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University This book reflects the most complete, systematic, and comprehensive scientific research results of wild animals in a scientific record of the Qomolangma region. It has groundbreaking significance for biodiversity and ecological protection, especially in the extreme alpine regions of the world. There is extensive data support for wildlife conservation, ecological development planning, and areas related to the conservation of organisms in the polar regions. --Ma Jianzhang, Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor, Northeast Forestry University

This book reflects the most complete, systematic, and comprehensive scientific research results of wild animals in a scientific record of the Qomolangma region. It has groundbreaking significance for biodiversity and ecological protection, especially in the extreme alpine regions of the world. There is extensive data support for wildlife conservation, ecological development planning, and areas related to the conservation of organisms in the polar regions. --Ma Jianzhang, Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor, Northeast Forestry University This book condenses the research team's five-year scientific results in the Qomolangma region, showing a vibrant and colorful world of wildlife. The book provides a scientific discussion of the general situation of terrestrial wildlife resources in the Qomolangma Protected Area and expounds the research results of the vertical changes among mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. It is an important work which combines innovation, science and academic rigor for the exploration of the animal world in the high mountain regions, and is also a reference book for all who carry out ecological and biological protection in the Qomolangma region. --Lin Haoran, Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University

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Hu Huijian is a Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources (the South China Institute of Endangered Animals). Dr. Hu is currently a council member of the China Zoological Society, a member of the National Expert Committee on the 2nd Terrestrial Wildlife Resources Survey, and a vice-chairman and general secretary of the Guangdong Zoological Society. Dr. Hu has been engaged in research on wildlife conservation and ecological restoration since 1993. Since 1997, Dr. Hu has carried out many large-scale scientific wildlife expeditions nationwide with footprints all over China. Jin Kun is a researcher and Master Instructor of the Institute of Forest Ecology and Environmental Protection at the Chinese Academy of Forestry. Dr. Jin is currently a council member of the Animal Society of the Chinese Zoological Society and a member of the Beijing Zoological Society. Dr. Jin has long been engaged in wildlife ecology and management, wildlife conservation biology and nature reserve management research. Dr. Jin has published more than 30 papers in domestic and international journals and edited and published several monographs, including Xiaoxing'anling Wildlife, Tiger Research, Chinese Mongolian Gazelle Research, and Wild Animal Ecology and Conservation Research. Tian Yuan, a graduate of the Central South University of Forestry and Technology, has been engaged in animal ecology and conservation biology research since 2006, and has participated in scientific research projects in the Tibet Everest Nature Reserve, Qiangtang Nature Reserve, and Himalayan South Wing Mountain Wildlife Resources.

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