Does high vegetation coverage equal high giant panda density?

Cheng Li; Zi-Qiang Bao; Xin-Rui Luo; Wei Wu; Jiao-Jiao Yu; Rong Hou; Jacob R Owens; Qiang Xu; Xiao-Dong Gu; Hong Yang; Zuo-Fu Xiang; Dun-Wu Qi

doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.005

Does high vegetation coverage equal high giant panda density?

Zool Res. 2022 Jul 18;43(4):608-611. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.005.

Authors

Cheng Li^{1

2}, Zi-Qiang Bao¹, Xin-Rui Luo³, Wei Wu², Jiao-Jiao Yu², Rong Hou², Jacob R Owens⁴, Qiang Xu⁵, Xiao-Dong Gu⁶, Hong Yang⁷, Zuo-Fu Xiang⁸, Dun-Wu Qi^{1

9}

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China.
² Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, China.
³ College of Earth Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China.
⁴ Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
⁵ World Wide Fund for Nature, China Office, Beijing 100000, China.
⁶ Sichuan Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Chengdu, Sichuan 610081, China.
⁷ Daxiangling Provincial Nature Reserve, Yaan, Sichuan 625200, China.
⁸ College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China. E-mail: xiangzf@csuft.edu.cn.
⁹ Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan 610000, China. E-mail: qidunwu@163.com.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecosystem
Ursidae*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U21A20193) and Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Foundation (CPF2017-20)