Genetic consequences of historical anthropogenic and ecological events on giant pandas

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2346-2357

  Zhu, Lifeng ^a   Hu, Yibo ^a   Qi, Dunwu ^a   Wu, Hua ^a   Zhan, Xiangjiang ^a   Zhang, Zhejun ^a   Bruford, Michael W ^b   Wang, Jinliang ^c   Yang, Xuyu ^d   Gu, Xiaodong ^d   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Baowei ^a   Zhang, Shanning ^e   Wei, Fuwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Wildlife Conservation Division   (China)

^e China Wildlife Conservation Association   (China)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Anthropogenic effects; Bamboo flowering; Effective population size; Endangered species; Genetic diversity; Giant panda; Habitat loss; Poaching; Population decline

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAMBOO; BEAR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; POACHING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TIMESCALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

CHINA; MIN MOUNTAINS; QIONGLAI MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

EID: 84886535396     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1451.1     Document Type: Article

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