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DOI	10.1007/s11430-018-9301-5
	Differentiations of geographic distribution and subsistence strategies between Tibetan and other major ethnic groups are determined by the physical environment in Hehuang Valley
	Jia, Xin 1,2,3; Lee, Harry F.4; Cui, Mengchun 1; Cheng, Guoquan 1; Zhao, Yang 1; Ding, Hong 3,5; Yue, Ricci P. H.6,7; Lu, Huayu 1
通讯作者	Jia, Xin ; Lee, Harry F.
来源期刊	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
ISSN	1674-7313
EISSN	1869-1897
出版年	2019
卷号	62 期号:2 页码:412-422
英文摘要	The people of the Tibetan Plateau have received extensive attention from scholars because of their unique adaptability to the low temperature and anoxic environments. However, the Tibetan communities and their habitats in the low-altitude regions of the plateau have rarely been studied in a scientific manner. Based on the extraction of geographic information of 197 towns in the Hehuang Valley and on variance analysis, this study examines the habitats and subsistence strategies of the Tibetans and other major ethnic groups in the low-latitude region of the Tibetan Plateau. Our statistical results show that the annual average temperature of Tibetan habitats in the Hehuang Valley is relatively high. The relatively warm environment of the valley allows the Tibetans in that area to cultivate wheat and barley and raise cattle and sheepa subsistence strategy significantly different from that of other Tibetans in the high-altitude regions in the Tibetan Plateau. In addition, the Tibetan communities in the Hehuang Valley include similar agri-pastoral ethnic groups (including Hui and Salar), both of which adopt similar subsistence strategies. The agricultural ethnic groups (Han and Tu) live in a relatively cool and humid environment facilitating agricultural production, while the agri-pastoral ethnic groups (Tibetan, Hui, and Salar) inhabit relatively warm and arid environment in the valley. Due to the lack of agricultural activities, agri-pastoral groups must also engage in animal husbandry to supplement their diet. In the Ando Tibetan region, the subsistence strategies of the ethnic groups are closely related to their physical environment. Those ethnic groups communicate among themselves, integrate, and influence each other, resulting in a diversified culture. This study proves that the habitat variation at a regional scale corresponds significantly to the variation of subsistence strategies. Our findings may further refine knowledge about the human-environmental relationships of Tibetans and lead future research towards using quantitative methods to analyse the intersection of physical environment and ethnic groups' distribution.
英文关键词	Tibetan Plateau Ethnic group Ethnic geography Hehuang Valley Ando Tibetan region
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Peoples R China ; England
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000458813200006
WOS关键词	QINGHAI PROVINCE ; ADAPTATION ; DIVERSITY ; PLATEAU ; HUMANS ; EVOLUTION ; PATTERNS ; ALTITUDE ; AGE
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
来源机构	兰州大学 ; 南京大学
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218556
作者单位	1.Nanjing Univ, Sch Geog & Oceanog Sci, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, Peoples R China; 2.Lanzhou Univ, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China; 3.Needham Res Inst, Cambridge CB3 9AF, England; 4.Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Geog & Resource Management, Hong Kong 999077, Peoples R China; 5.Taiyuan Univ Technol, Sch Marxism, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi, Peoples R China; 6.Univ Hong Kong, Dept Geog, Hong Kong 999077, Peoples R China; 7.Univ Hong Kong, Int Ctr China Dev Studies, Hong Kong 999077, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jia, Xin,Lee, Harry F.,Cui, Mengchun,et al. Differentiations of geographic distribution and subsistence strategies between Tibetan and other major ethnic groups are determined by the physical environment in Hehuang Valley[J]. 兰州大学, 南京大学,2019,62(2):412-422.
APA	Jia, Xin.,Lee, Harry F..,Cui, Mengchun.,Cheng, Guoquan.,Zhao, Yang.,...&Lu, Huayu.(2019).Differentiations of geographic distribution and subsistence strategies between Tibetan and other major ethnic groups are determined by the physical environment in Hehuang Valley.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,62(2),412-422.
MLA	Jia, Xin,et al."Differentiations of geographic distribution and subsistence strategies between Tibetan and other major ethnic groups are determined by the physical environment in Hehuang Valley".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 62.2(2019):412-422.