Habitat assessment for giant pandas in the qinling mountain region of China

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 852-858

  Feng, Tian Tian ^a,b   Van Manen, Frank T ^c,d   Zhao, Na Xun ^e   Li, Ming ^a   Wei, Fu Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Memphis Zoological Society   (United States)

^e Foping National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; China; Geographic Information System (GIS); Giant panda; Habitat conservation; Habitat model; Habitat use; Mahalanobis distance; Qinling Mountains

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; NATURE RESERVE;

CHINA;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 77749337640     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-186     Document Type: Article

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