caa a22 4500 445806907 CHVBK 20180317145159.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10745-010-9370-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10745-010-9370-y Yamaguchi Takayoshi Research Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-shimoadachi, Sakyo, 6068501, Kyoto, Japan aut Transition of Mountain Pastoralism: An Agrodiversity Analysis of the Livestock Population and Herding Strategies in Southeast Tibet, China [Elektronische Daten] [Takayoshi Yamaguchi] Vertical mobile grazing is typical in undulating mountain landscapes. However, recent social, economic, and political changes in China are impacting these traditional practices. This paper presents findings of a study conducted in the Tibetan communities of southwest China to assess the current status of mountain pastoralism and its future viability. Rangeland environment, livestock variety, and grazing form were found to be significantly related factors, which made it possible to analyze livestock distribution. The yak population—the main mobile grazer in alpine pasture— is currently stagnating while the population of cattle raised around settlements is steadily increasing. This situation is likely closely related to labor shortages in households, which have triggered the imbalanced distribution of livestock. The fact that the key to rangeland sustainability is to stimulate mobile grazing runs counter to current privatization policies. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 China nationallicence Tibet nationallicence Pastoralism nationallicence Rangeland policy nationallicence Mobility nationallicence Livestock production nationallicence Socioeconomic change nationallicence Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/2(2011-04-01), 141-154 0300-7839 39:2<141 2011 39 10745 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-010-9370-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-010-9370-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Yamaguchi Takayoshi Research Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-shimoadachi, Sakyo, 6068501, Kyoto, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/2(2011-04-01), 141-154 0300-7839 39:2<141 2011 39 10745 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer