Giant pandas
Subtitle: biology and conservation
By: edited by Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona ; with a foreword by George B. Schaller.
Contributors: Lindburg, Donald G., 1932-; Baragona, Karen, 1967-
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Giant panda.; Giant panda -- Conservation.; Ursidae.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Giant panda migration and habitat utilization in Foping Nature Reserve, China / Yange Yong ... [et al.] Noninvasive techniques for monitoring giant panda behavior, habitat use, and demographics / Matthew E. Durnin, Jin Yan Huang and Hemin Zhang; title: Mapping habitat suitability for giant pandas in Foping Nature Reserve, China / Xuehua Liu ... [et al.] Restoring giant panda habitat / Chunquan Zhu and Zhiyun Ouyang; title: Sympatry of giant and red pandas on Yele Natural Reserve, China / Fuwen Wei ... [et al.]; title: Balancing panda and human needs for bamboo shoots in Mabian Nature Reserve, China : predictions from a logistic-like model / Fuwen Wei ... [et al.] Management of giant panda reserves in China / Changqing Yu and Xiangsui Deng; title: A new paradigm for panda research and conservation : integrating ecology with human demographics, behavior, and socioeconomics / Jianguo Liu ... [et al.] China's national plan for conservation of the giant panda / Zhi Lü and Yongfan Liu; title: Biological framework for evaluating future efforts in giant panda conservation / Eric Dinerstein, Colby Loucks and Zhi Lü. National survey of the giant panda / Changqing Yu and Shaoying Liu; title: The legacy of extinction risk : lessons from giant pandas and other threatened carnivores / John L. Gittleman and Andrea J. Webster. Reintroduction of giant pandas : an update / Sue Mainka ... [et al.]; title: Biomedical survey of captive giant pandas : a catalyst for conservation partnerships in China / Susie Ellis ... [et al.] Conservation education initiatives in China : a collaborative project among Zoo Atlanta, Chengdu Zoo, and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding / Sarah M. Bexell ... [et al.]; title: International coordination and cooperation in the conservation of giant pandas / J. Craig Potter and Kenneth Stansell; title: Conclusion : Consensus and challenge : the giant panda's day is now / Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona; title: Keynote address / Fu Ma; title: Keynote address / Marshall Jones.; title: Introduction : a new dawning for giant pandas? / Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona. Phylogenetic position of the giant panda : historical consensus through supertree analysis / Olaf R.P. Bininda-Emonds; title: Phylogenetic placement of the giant panda based on molecular data / Lisette P. Waits; title: What is a giant panda? A query about its place among the Ursidae / Lee R. Hagey and Edith A. MacDonald; title: A paleontologist's perspective on the origin and relationships of the giant panda / Robert M. Hunt, Jr.; title: Variation in ursid life histories : is there an outlier? / David L. Garshelis. Life history traits and reproduction of giant pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China / Dajun Wang, Xiaojian Zhu and Wenshi Pan; title: Future survival of giant pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China / Wenshi Pan ... [et al.] Genetic studies of giant pandas in captivity and in the wild / Yaping Zhang and Oliver A. Ryder; title: Nutritional strategy of giant pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China / Yu Long ... [et al.] Spatial memory in the giant panda / Loraine R. Tarou, Rebecca J. Snyder and Terry L. Maple; title: Chemical communication in giant pandas : experimentation and application / Ronald R. Swaisgood ... [et al.] Chemical composition of giant panda scent and its use in communication / Lee R. Hagey and Edith A. MacDonald; title: Reproduction in giant pandas : hormones and behavior / Rebecca J. Snyder ... [et al.]; title: Comparative ecology of giant pandas in the five mountain ranges of their distribution in China / Jinchu Hu and Fuwen Wei. Assessing the habitat and distribution of the giant panda : methods and issues / Colby Loucks and Hao Wang. Using DNA from panda fecal matter to study wild-living populations / Yunwu Zhang ... [et al.].