The influence of dispersal on the metapopulation viability of giant panda (Aliuropoda melanoleuca) in the Minshan Mountains

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-184

  Yang, Z ^a,b   Hu, J ^b   Liu, N ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Giant Panda; Metapopulation; Population Viability of Analysis; VORTEX

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 34547637411     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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