The giant pandas of the Qinling Mountains, China: A case study in designing conservation landscapes for elevational migrants

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 558-565

  Loucks, Colby J ^a   Zhi, Lü ^b,c   Dinerstein, Eric ^a   Dajun, Wang ^c   Dali, Fu ^c   Hao, Wang ^c  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature China   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MONTANE FOREST; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN;

CHINA;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; MAMMALIA; MELANOLEUCA; PANDA;

EID: 0042239574     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01494.x     Document Type: Article

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