Factors predicting den use by maternal giant pandas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2694-2698

  Zhang, Zejun ^a,b   Swaisgood, Ronald R ^b   Wu, Hua ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Yong, Yange ^c   Hu, Jinchu ^d   Wei, Fuwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Foping National Nature Reserve   (China)

^d CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Denning ecology; Endangered species; Giant panda; Limiting resources; Maternal care; Ursids

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BREEDING SITE; DEN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; MATERNAL CARE; MICROHABITAT; NATURE RESERVE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

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

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; URSIDAE;

EID: 48249093025     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-504     Document Type: Article

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