Research on The Red-crowned Crane - A Series of Research Books on Key Protected Wild animals of China

The Red-crowned crane, an endangered species, distributes in the northern and eastern Asia. The people of different role in the activities in Asia consider the crane a very important role in the activities of bird loving and protection and natural conservation as well. Meanwhile, cranes are embedded into the background of culture, symbolizing the longevity, luckiness, happiness and faithfulness due to their lusty body, loud andClear songs and graceful dance etc. In the processions of human civilization, the cranes contributed to encourage soul and spirit of the people, and edified the creation of truth, virtue and beauty. For the historical deposition, the character of cranes has soaked deeply into all parts of people life, like philosophy, religion, literature, art, music, dance, physical culture, and dressing, feeding, lodging and moving as well, which formed an oriental culture with very rich connotation.

This book comprised with 6 chapters. Chapter I, Introduction, introduces the taxonomy, geographical distribution, interactions with people, and brief history of research. Chapter II, Morphology and Physiology, includes the construction of feather, skin, bone system, respiratory system, circular system, reproduction system etc, and achievements of recent research regarding to the above. Chapter III, Ecology and Behavior of The Red-crowned crane, describes the characters of habitats, life circles, food and feeding behavior, dreeding and dancing activity and population dynamics. Chapter IV, Studies of Molecular Biology, introduces some progress in the molecular and biochemical researches. Chapter V, Raising and Artificial Breeding red-crowned cranes under artificial conditions in China. Chapter VI, Protection of Red-crowned Cranes, describes endangered status and conservation countermeasures. Literatures cited are appended to each chapter. The pedigree profiles, Studbook of Red-crowned crane, is also attached to the end of the book as a source for further researches.