A family net of giant pandas in the Tangjiahe Natural Reserve: Assessment of current individual migration

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1879-1886

  Wan, Qiuhong ^a   Fang, Shengguo ^a   Li, Jianguo ^b   Zhang, Liming ^c   Ou, Weifu ^d   Xian, Fanghai ^d   Chen, Wanli ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c Sichuan Bureau for Wildlife Resource Investigation Conservation and Management   (China)

^d Tangjiahe Natural Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Close inbreeding; Dispersal pattern; Family relationship; Giant panda; Multilocus DNA fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 33749825935     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-834     Document Type: Article

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