Food habits and space-use of red pandas Ailurus fulgens in the Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, China: Food effects and behavioural responses

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-234

  Zhang, Zejun ^a   Hu, Jinchu ^a   Yang, Jiandong ^a   Li, Ming ^b   Wei, Fuwen ^b  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ailurus fulgens; Bashania faberi; Daily movement; Food habits; Home range; Yushania brevipaniculata

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BEAR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE RESERVE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SPACE USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FENGTONGZHAI NATURE RESERVE; SICHUAN;

AILURIDAE; AILURUS FULGENS; BASHANIA; RUBUS; SORBUS; YUSHANIA;

EID: 68949157206     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/j.at.0001-7051.017.2008     Document Type: Article

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