Proposed conservation landscape for giant pandas in the Minshan Mountains, China

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1144-1153

  Shen, Guozhen ^a   Feng, Chaoyang ^b   Xie, Zongqiang ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^c   Li, Junqing ^d   Pascal, Marty ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Core habitats; Giant panda; Least cost model; Potential protected habitats

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; URSIDAE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MIN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 52649151758     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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