Parasite threat to panda conservation

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-9

  Zhang, Jin Shuo ^a,b   Daszak, Peter ^c   Huang, Hua Li ^d   Yang, Guang You ^e   Kilpatrick, A Marm ^c   Zhang, Shuyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Consortium for Conservation Medicine   (United States)

^d Baishuijiang Nature Reserve   (China)

^e SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Conservation; Emerging infectious diseases; Giant panda; Mortality; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LOGISTIC MODELS; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 43449106510     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0139-8     Document Type: Article

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