Integrating population size analysis into habitat suitability assessment: Implications for giant panda conservation in the Minshan Mountains, China

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1101-1109

  Wang, Xuezhi ^a   Xu, Weihua ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological niche factor analysis; Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca); Habitat suitability; Nature reserves; Population size; The Minshan Mountains

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; MIN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 77951091832     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0589-2     Document Type: Article

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