Microhabitat separation during winter among sympatric giant pandas, red pandas, and tufted deer: The effects of diet, body size, and energy metabolism

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1451-1458

  Zhang, Zejun ^a,b,c   Wei, Fuwen ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Zhang, Baowei ^a   Liu, Xuehua ^d   Hu, Jinchu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INTEGRATION; NUTRITION;

FECAL-GROUP SITES; MICROHABITATS; SHRUB DENSITY; TREE-STUMP DENSITY;

METABOLISM;

BODY SIZE; DIET; METABOLISM; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SYMPATRY;

BAMBOO; BIODIVERSITY; HERBS; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PANDA; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FENGTONGZHAI NATURE RESERVE; SICHUAN; WORLD;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; AILURUS FULGENS; CEPHALOPHUS; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; ELAPHODUS CEPHALOPHUS; MELANOLEUCA; PANDA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144239030     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-129     Document Type: Article

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