Analysis of demographic and genetic trends for developing a captive breeding masterplan for the giant panda

Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 495-519

  Ballou, Jonathan D ^a   Miller, Philip S ^b   Xie, Zhong ^c   Wei, Rongping ^d   Zhang, Hemin ^d   Zhang, Anju ^d   Huang, Shiqiang ^e   Sun, Shan ^f   David, Victor A ^f   O’Brien, Stephen J ^f   Traylor Holzer, Kathy ^b   Seal, Ulysses S ^b   Wildt, David E ^g  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IUCN World Conservation Union’s Species Survival Commisson ^*  (United States)

^c Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens   (China)

^d China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

^e Beijing Zoo   (China)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 85011341303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511542244.022     Document Type: Chapter

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