University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei Institut für Biologie der Martin-Luther-Universität / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Halle-Wittenberg Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298 2012 Protection of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Mongolian Altai Ulikpan Beket Mongolian Academy of Sciences,
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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biolmongol Part of the Asian Studies Commons, Biodiversity Commons, Biological and Physical Anthropology Commons, Environmental Sciences Commons, Nature and Society Relations Commons, Other Animal Sciences Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Beket, Ulikpan and Knapp, Hans D., "Protection of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Mongolian Altai" (2012). Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298. 32. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/biolmongol/32 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Institut für Biologie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298 by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Copyright 2012, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale). Used by permission. Erforsch. biol. Ress. Mongolei (Halle/Saale) 2012 (12): 335–352 Protection of the natural and cultural heritage of the Mongolian Altai 1 U. Beket & H.D. Knapp Abstract The Altai-Sayan Ecoregion is known as a hotspot of biodiversity with large wilderness landscapes and a high rate of endemism in Central Asia and Siberia.