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Ecological IndicatorsKarst ecosystems are fragile and highly biodiverse but are threatened by hydropower development. Focusing on three sympatric primates (François' langur, Trachypithecus francoisi; the Tibetan macaque, Macaca thibetana; and the rhesus macaque, Macaca ...
Haoyue Shi +9 more
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Chinese-Tibetan vowel correspondences I
, 2020 Hill (2019: §33, §224) reconstructs a vowel *e in the Sino-Tibetan parent language (Proto-Trans-Himalayan in his terminology; I will be using the term PCT 'Proto-Chino-Tibetan', meaning the language one would reconstruct if only Old Chinese an Tibetan ...
Laurent Sagart
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Publisher Correction: The prospect of rising in rank is key to long-term stability in Tibetan macaque society. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Sun L, Xia DP, Sun S, Sheeran LK, Li JH.
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Centring ‘Tibetan’ in Tibetan and Himalayan studies in India [PDF]
Although prompted by tensions with China, the recently renewed administrative and scholarly interest in the Himalayan regions of India bordering Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet is nevertheless an opportunity to correct broader historical amnesia about the long ...
Chawla, Swati
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Conservation Science and PracticeUmbrella species are widely used as conservation strategies for the design of reserves. However, empirical data on their potential effectiveness, particularly in the context of climate change, is limited and inconclusive. Here, we evaluated the potential
Jia‐Wen Liu +8 more
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Subgrouping in Tibeto-Burman : can an individual-identifying standard be developed? ; how do we factor in the history of migrations and language contact? [PDF]
, 2010 Two problems cloud our understanding of subgrouping in Tibeto-Burman. One is the lack of consistent and clear standards and principles for subgrouping.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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, 2017 In this paper, Guillaume Jacques proposes that the Old Tibetan semi-vowel -w- as part of a word onset is secondary, and that it has its origin in words ending in -u followed by -ba: he supposes the evolution Cu-ba Cuwa Cwa, for instance zwa ‘nettle ...
Laurent Sagart
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Middle Chinese y- opposite Written Tibetan g-
, 2017 Baxter and Sagart (2014) reconstruct three uvular initial consonants in OC, *q-, *qʰ- and *ɢ-. Nonpharyngealized *ɢ- evolves to MC y-. Meanwhile, in Written Tibetan, OC uvular stops generally correspond to velar stops.
Laurent Sagart
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Effects of Provisioning on the Activity Budgets of Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana). [PDF]
Am J PrimatolWang CY, Fei YL, Fang J, Li JH, Li WB.
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Socially-determined esoteric medicinal substances in the Tibetan medical tradition
, 2019 What do a widow, a tantric monk, a brave warrior, and a bastard child have in common? They each occupy particular positions of social status and, in the Tibetan context, such social and economic positioning has played an important role in influencing the
Chui, KT
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