LIST OF FIGURES
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1 China's administrative units
2 Digital elevation model of China
3 China's main natural realms
4 China's main nationalities
5 Chinese internal migration
6 China's nature reserves
7 Main mountain ranges and deserts of the Tibetan plateau and western China
8 Biogeographic sub-regions of the Tibetan plateau
9 Qinghai's prefectures and counties
10 Administrative structures for poverty alleviation in pastoral areas of China
11 Qinghai Lake drainage area
12 Space Shuttle photograph of the Qinghai Lake area
13 Space Shuttle photograph of Qinghai Lake
14 Cultivation on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake
15 Young nomad boy
16 Headdress of nomad woman
17 Yak transporting nomads and their supplies
18 Incense offering on a mountain altar
19 Herders and yak herd in search of uncovered range after snowstorm
20 Tradtional yak-hair tent with prayer flag
21 Winter house and small corral for livestock
22 Winter house and livestock shelter
23 Nomad woman weaving yak hair
24 Household leaders meeting on the grassland
25 Weed species, Stellera chamaejasme, near cultivated field
26 Winter home with small fenced field
27 Cultivated fields in valley surrounding Gangcha's main town
28 Sheep herder with flock
29 Flock of birds flying over wetland area
30 Shrubland recently harvested for cooking fuel
31 Plateau pika, Ochotona curzoniae, a keystone species
32 Tibetan wild ass, Equus kiang
33 Species-area curves observed in fenced pastures and unfenced pastures
34 Relative grassland quality by average annual rainfall
35 Rangeland population density by relative grassland quality
36 Relative grassland quality by season of use
37 Relative grassland quality by proportion of non-local population
38 Biodiversity by rangeland population density
39 Biodiversity by area of "non-usable" grassland
40 Main survey areas and mammal sightings in Qinghai (1995-1999)
41 Map of Suojia township, Zhiduo county, with approximate village boundaries
42 Tibetan wild ass in the alpine grassland on the bank of the Yangtze River
43 Tibetan tent at the foot of a local mountain, near the vegetation line
44 School children and teachers in front of tent school in Yaqu village
45 Author meeting with village leaders in Yaqu village
46 Map of Suojia township, with four protected areas and demonstration area
47 Ideal
biosphere reserve
48 Simple map of Suojia township, with core zones and other management areas
49 Suojia landscape, with small town (administrative center) beside Muqu River
50 Suojia's administrative center
51 Tibetan wild ass near the protected area in Jiongqu
52 Arid grassland in the demonstration area, with rugged snow leopard reserve
53 Cultural (religious) site of unknown origin in the demonstration area
54 Author and packhorses during a wildlife survey, July 1999