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History of Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis and its habitats in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

Zhijun Ma ,
Zijian Wang  and
Hongxiao Tang
Zhijun Ma
Affiliation:
SKLEAC, Research Centre for Leo-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing, 100085, P.R.C.
Zijian Wang
Affiliation:
SKLEAC, Research Centre for Leo-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing, 100085, P.R.C.
Hongxiao Tang
Affiliation:
SKLEAC, Research Centre for Leo-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing, 100085, P.R.C.
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The historical distribution of the Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis together changes in its breeding and wintering grounds in China are reviewed. According to historical information the bird mainly bred in Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces and wintered at coastal regions near the Yangtze estuary. Due to geographical and anthropological changes, the breeding grounds gradually moved to the west and south while the wintering grounds moved northward. Efforts have been made to protect this endangered species but factors still exist which restrict further development of the population.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 1998 , pp. 11 - 18
Copyright
Copyright © Birdlife International 1998

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