Book contents
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Frontispiece
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Migratory Routes and Movement Ecology
- Part II Physiography of the Highest Barrier on Earth
- Part III High-Altitude Migration Strategies
- Part IV People and Their Effects on the Himalayas
- 21 Evidence of Human Presence in the Himalayan Mountains: New Insights from Petroglyphs
- 22 Pastoralism and Wetland Resources in Ladakh’s Changthang Plateau
- 23 Impacts of Tourism and Military Presence on Wetlands and Their Avifauna in the Himalayas
- 24 Birds in Relation to Farming and Livestock Grazing in the Indian Trans-Himalayas
- 25 Migratory Ducks and Protected Wetlands in India
- 26 A Network of Small, Dispersed Himalayan Wetlands Suitable for Designation under the Ramsar Convention
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix: Selected Articles of the ‘Central Asian Flyway Action Plan’
- Gazetteer
- Index
- Plate section
- References
24 - Birds in Relation to Farming and Livestock Grazing in the Indian Trans-Himalayas
from Part IV - People and Their Effects on the Himalayas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2017
Foreword by
Book contents
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Frontispiece
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Migratory Routes and Movement Ecology
- Part II Physiography of the Highest Barrier on Earth
- Part III High-Altitude Migration Strategies
- Part IV People and Their Effects on the Himalayas
- 21 Evidence of Human Presence in the Himalayan Mountains: New Insights from Petroglyphs
- 22 Pastoralism and Wetland Resources in Ladakh’s Changthang Plateau
- 23 Impacts of Tourism and Military Presence on Wetlands and Their Avifauna in the Himalayas
- 24 Birds in Relation to Farming and Livestock Grazing in the Indian Trans-Himalayas
- 25 Migratory Ducks and Protected Wetlands in India
- 26 A Network of Small, Dispersed Himalayan Wetlands Suitable for Designation under the Ramsar Convention
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix: Selected Articles of the ‘Central Asian Flyway Action Plan’
- Gazetteer
- Index
- Plate section
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Bird Migration across the HimalayasWetland Functioning amidst Mountains and Glaciers, pp. 359 - 372Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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