Den selection by the giant panda in Foping Nature Reserve, China

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 37-40, 2007, Pages 2529-2536

  Ye, Xinping ^a,b,d   Yong, Yange ^b   Yu, Changqing ^c   Zhang, Zhengwang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Foping Nature Reserve   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Den selection; Foping Nature Reserve; Giant panda; Natal den

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DEN; HABITAT SELECTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VEGETATION COVER;

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

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 36749069929     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701637506     Document Type: Article

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