布兰编著的《中亚野生动物生态现状与保护管理(英文版)(精)》综述了中亚各国人民现行动物研究方面的近期新成果。书中介绍了动物在中亚平原和山区的地理分布,动物对不同环境的适应性,人类活动对其影响,政府和民间组织为保护动物进行的努力。附录中列出了中亚分布的动物物种。
The book is a review of the information presently available on zoological research in the former Soviet Central Asia. Much of our data was collected and translated from scientific studies that were previously only reported innull
Preface One
Preface Two
Series Foreword
Foreword
1 NATURE-GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CENTRAL ASIA
1.1 Central Asia and/or Middle Asia
1.2 General characteristics of Central Asia
1.2.1 Semi-desert zone
1.2.2 Desert Zone of Central Asia
1.2.3 The Mountain Zone of Central Asia
2 THE PALEOGEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN FAUNA
2.1 Amphibian and reptile fauna in the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoiceras
2.2 Ornithological fauna during Tertiary and Quaternary periods
2.3 Mammal fauna during the pre-glaciations period
2.4 Mammal fauna during the Great Glaciations period
2.5 The development of mammal fauna during the post-Pleistocene Epoch
3 ZOOGEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
3.1 General characteristics of fauna development
3.2 Zoogeographic regions of plains
3.2.1 The herpetological fauna
3.2.2 The mammalian and ornithological fauna
3.3 Most typical plain animals
3.4 Zoogeographic regions of mountains
3.4.1 Sub-oblast of the northern forests (Altay)
3.4.2 Zoogeographical regions of Tianshan, Pamir and Kopet-Dag
3.5 Most typical mountain animals
3.6 Wildlife of river valleys
3.7 Fauna of rivers and lakes
4 PECULIARITIES OF ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION
4.1 The Central Asia Plains
4.2 The Central Asia mountains
4.3 Vertical mountain zones
4.3.1 General characteristics
4.3.2 The mountain desert belt
4.3.3 The semi-desert vertical belt
4.3.4 The mountain dry steppes
4.3.5 The forest-meadow-steppe belt
4.3.6 Sub-Alpine belt
4.3.7 The Alpine belt
5 HUMAN ACTIVITY AND ITS IMPACT ON FAUNA
5.1 Impact on amphibians and reptiles
5.2 Impact on birds
5.3 Impact on mammals
5.4 Current status of animal conservation
5.5 National Red Data Books
6 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN CENTRAL ASIA
6.1 Conservation legislation
6.2 State Nature Reserves (Zapovedniky) IUCN Category Ia
6.3 State National Parks (Natsionalniye Prirodniye Parky) IUCN Category
6.4 Wildlife Sanctuaries (Zakazniky) IUCN Category 1V
6.5 Natural Monuments (Prirodniye Pamyatniky)
6.6 International Protected Area Designations
6.7 UNESCO World Heritage Designation
6.8 Provincial Level Protected Are,as
7 MOST IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIVES OF FAUNA
7.1 Rare and endangered species
7. 1. 1 Semirechensk (Central Asian) salamander (Ranodon sibiricus Kessler, 1866)
7.1.2 Pewzov's toad (Bufo pezvzozvi Bedriaga 1898)
7.1.3 Transcaspian Desert Monitor (Varanus griseus Daudin,1803)
7.1.4 Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus Linnaeus,1766)
7.1.5 Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis Gray,1842)
7.1.6 White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus,1758)
7.1.7 Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811)
7.1.8 Ibisbill(Ibidorhyncha struthersii Vigors, 1832)
7.1.9 Striped Hyena (Hyena hyena Linnaeus, 1758)
7.1.10 Leopard (Panthera pardus Linnaeaus, 1758), Persian Leopard (P. pardus tullianus Valenciennes, 1856)
7.1.11 Snow leopard (Uncia uncia Schreber, 1775)
7.1.12 Bactrian (Bukhara) Deer (Cervus elaphus bactrianus Lydekker,1900)
7.1.13 Saiga (Saiga tatarica Linnaeus, 1766)
7.1.14 Goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa Guld. ,1780)
7.1.15 Bezoar (wild) goat (Capra aegagrus Erxleben,1777)
7.1.16 Markhor (Capra falconeri Wagner, 1839)
7.1.17 Urial (Ovis vignei Blyth, 1840). ~
7.1.18 Argali (Ovis ammon Linnaeus, 1758)
7.1.19 Kulan (Equus hemionus Pallas, 1775). Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager Boddaert, 1785)
7.2 Extinct species
7.2.1 Tiger (Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758) Turan (Caspian)tiger (Panthera tigris virgata Illiger,1815)
7.2.2 Cheetah (Acinonyxjubatus Shreber, 1775). Asiatic cheetah(Acinonyxjubatus ruddei Hilzh, 1913)
7.2.3 Przewalski's horse (Equus przewalshii Poljakov,1881)
7.2.4 Wild ox or urus (Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827)
7.3 Animal resources and numerous species
7.3.1 Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus, 1776)
7.3.2 Caspian seal (Phoca caspica Gmelin, 1788)
7.3.3 Grey wolf (Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758)
7.3.4 Wild boar (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758). Middle Asia wild boar(S. scrofa nigripes Blanford,1875)
7.3.5 European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758). Maral(Cervus elaphus sibiricus Sewertzow, 1873)
7.3.6 Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica Pallas, 1776)
7.4 Introduced species
7.4.1 Russian desman (Desmana moschata Linnaeus, 1758),Order Eulipotyphla
7.4.2 Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758),Order Rodencia
7.4.3 Bobak marmot (Marmota bobak Muller, 1776)
7.4.4 Large-toothed ground squirrel (Citellus fulvus)
7.4.5 Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
7.4.6 Norway rat (Rattus norvegius Berkenhout, 1769)
7.4.7 Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
7.4.8 Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
7.4.9 Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis Schreber, 1776)
7.4.10 American mink (Mustela vison Schrebel, 1777)
7.5 Species with lack information
7.5.1 Selevinia or desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensisBelosludov et Bashanov, 1938)
7.5.2 Honey badger or ratel (Mellivora capensis Schreber, 1776)Turkmenian honey badger (Mellivora capensis buechneri Baryshnikov, 2000)
7.5.3 Marbled Polecat (Vormela pereusna Guldenstaedt,1770)
7.5.4 Jungle cat or Chaus (Felis chaus Guldenstaedt,1776)
7.5.5 Sand Cat (Felis margarita Loche, 1858)
7.6 Wild animals as a source of diseases and epizooty
7.6.1 Great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus Lichtenstein,1823)
References
8 APPENDIX
8.1 List of vertebrate animals of different countries of Central Asia
8.1.1 Kazakhstan fauna
8.1.2 Kyrgyzstan fauna
8.1.3 Tajikistan fauna
8.1.4 Turkmenistan fauna
8.1.5 Uzbekistan fauna
8.1.6 Xinjiang fauna
8.2 The United List of Vertebrate Animals of Central Asia
References for Appendix