Giant panda habitat selection in foping nature reserve, China

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1623-1632

  Liu, Xuehua ^a   Toxopeus, Albertus G ^b   Skidmore, Andrew K ^b   Shao, Xiaoming ^c   Dang, Gaodi ^d   Wang, Tiejun ^d   Prins, Herbert H T ^e  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Foping National Nature Reserve   (China)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; China; Foping Nature Reserve; Giant panda; Giant panda absence; Giant panda presence; Habitat selection; Habitat use

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FOPING NATURE RESERVE; SHAANXI;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FARGESIA;

EID: 33645696321     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1623:GPHSIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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