Published Research
PUBLISHED RESEARCH
CERS regularly publishes its research results in both academic and specialized journals. Of note are several papers in Oryx, a distinguished wildlife journal at Cambridge UK, and many scholastic pieces in publications of the Academia Sinica. There are also internally published monographs, like a major study to the history, architecture and current status of 18 Tibetan monasteries in the Kham region. Select reports of ongoing scientific research are compiled, though not for public circulation.

SEXUAL/AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF WILD YAK
(BOS MUTUS PREJEVALSKY 1883) DURING THE RUT: INFLUENCE OF FEMALE CHOICE Wild yaks (Bos mutus) ranged across the Tibetan Plateau in large herds before being

REVIEW – CHINA’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
Judith Shapiro’s latest ambitious work picks up the story of modern China’s checkered relationship with the environment at approximately the point where her previous study,

STATUS AND BEHAVIOR OF THE BLACK-NECKED CRANE
(GRUS NIGRICOLLIS) IN THE ALTUN MOUNTAIN RESERVE, XINJIANG The Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is an endemic species of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with its population in