Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) population dynamics and bamboo (subfamily Bambusoideae) life history: A structured population approach to examining carrying capacity when the prey are semelparous

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 207-223

  Carter, Jacoby ^a   Ackleh, Azmy S ^b   Leonard, Billy P ^b   Wang, Haibin ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Bamboo; China; Giant panda; Leslie matrix; Life history; Population dynamics; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

DIET; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 0033570930     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00145-3     Document Type: Article

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