The implications of poaching for giant panda conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-136

  Yiming, Li ^a   Zhongwei, Guo ^a   Qisen, Yang ^a   Yushan, Wang ^a   Niemelä, Jari ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Giant panda; Poaching; Simulation model; Viability

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POACHING; SIMULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CHINA;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; MELANOLEUCA; PANDA;

EID: 0037409310     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00255-0     Document Type: Article

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