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

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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. Does high vegetation coverage equal high giant panda density?. Zoological Research, 2022, 43(4): 608-611. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.005

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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. Does high vegetation coverage equal high giant panda density?. Zoological Research, 2022, 43(4): 608-611. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.005

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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. Does high vegetation coverage equal high giant panda density?. Zoological Research, 2022, 43(4): 608-611. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.005

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Does high vegetation coverage equal high giant panda density?

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.005

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 Xiang^{8
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Dun-Wu Qi^{1, 2
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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

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

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Corresponding author: E-mail: xiangzf@csuft.edu.cn; qidunwu@163.com
Received Date: 2022-04-26
Accepted Date: 2022-06-17

Published Online: 2022-06-17

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