Giant panda conservation science: How far we have come

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-145

  Swaisgood, Ronald R ^a   Wei, Fuwen ^b   Wildt, David E ^c   Kouba, Andrew J ^d   Zhang, Zejun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation science; Giant panda; Habitat analysis; Molecular census; Spatial ecology; Sustainable populations

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CENSUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 77951432659     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0786     Document Type: Article

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