Nature reserve group planning for conservation of giant pandas in North Minshan, China

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-214

  Xiao, Jing ^a   Xu, Weihua ^b   Kang, Dongwei ^a   Li, Junqing ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Core areas; Functional zoning; Giant panda; Habitat evaluation; Least cost analysis; Nature reserve groups

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; NATURE RESERVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 79958274663     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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