Description
This book offers a rare and detailed insight into 20 years’ of in-depth field research and conservation of the white-headed langur. It focuses on the white-headed langur’s natural refuge, territory and home range, diets and foraging strategies, behavior modes, reproductive strategies, population, possible future viabilities, and their interaction with human society. From 1996 through 2016, a small research team led by Prof.Wenshi Pan from Peking University conducted studies and conservation efforts on the white-headed langur, one of the most endangered endemic species of China, in Guangxi and saved the species from extinction. With the help of conservationists’ efforts, the white-headed langur population in Nongguan Mountains, Guangxi, gradually increased from 105 to approximately 820.This book shares the success story of the unification of human development and wildlife conservation. Chapter 1. The origin of white-headed langur.- Chapter 2. From ancient Java langur to white-headed langur today.- Chapter 3. White-headed langur is an endemic species of Chongzuo.- Chapter 4. A catastrophe for the white-headed langur.- Chapter 5. White-headed langur’s habitats and natural refugees.- Chapter 6. White-Headed Langur’s Homeland in Nongguan Mountains.- Chapter 7. White-headed langur’s diets and forage behaviors.- Chapter 8. Restoration of the White-headed Langur Population in Nongguan Mountains.- Chapter 9. The behavior patterns of a white-headed langur family.- Chapter 10. The strategy of white-headed langur reproductive behaviors.- Chapter 11.The number of the white-headed langur in Nongguan Mountains.- Chapter 12. A Population Viability Analysis for the white-headed langur in Nongguan Mountains.- Chapter 13. How to conserve the white-headed langur population.
