Temporal changes in giant panda habitat connectivity across boundaries of Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1019-1030

  Viña, Andrés ^a   Bearer, Scott ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   He, Guangming ^a   Linderman, Marc ^a   An, Li ^a   Zhang, Hemin ^b   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^c   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b China's Center for Giant Panda Research and Conservation   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Buffer area; China; Cross boundary; Giant panda; Habitat connectivity; Land cover change; Protected areas; Reserve boundary; Wolong Nature Reserve

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; MITIGATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WOLONG NATURE RESERVE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; URSIDAE;

EID: 34447114482     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1288     Document Type: Article

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