Can science save the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)? Unifying science and policy in an adaptive management paradigm

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-296

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

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

^e CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Conservation policy; Endangered species; Giant panda; Strategic conservation plan

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

ANIMAL; BEAR; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; URSIDAE;

EID: 84868091152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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