Giant pandas biology and conservation.

The much-loved giant panda, a secretive denizen of the dense bamboo forests of western China, has become an icon worldwide of progress in conservation and research. This volume, written by an international team of scientists and conservationists including Chinese researchers whose work has not been...

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Main Authors Lindburg, Donald, Baragona, Karen
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berkeley University of California Press 2004
Edition1
Subjects
Conservation
Giant panda
SCIENCE
Zoology
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Table of Contents:
  • Giant pandas: biology and conservation -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A New Dawning for Giant Pandas? -- Part One: Evolutionary History of Giant Pandas -- 1. Phylogenetic Position ofthe Giant Panda: Historical Consensus Through Supertree Analysis -- 2. What is a Giant Panda?: A Query about its Place Among the Ursidae -- 3. A Paleontologist's Perspective on the Origin and Relationships of the Giant Panda -- 4. Variation in Ursid Life Histories: Is there an Outlier? -- Part two: Studies of Giant Panda Biology -- 5. Future Survival of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China -- 6. Nutritional Strategy of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China -- 7. Chemical Communication in Giant Pandas: Experimentation and Application -- 8. Reproduction in Giant Pandas: Hormones and Behavior -- Part Three: Pandas and Their Habitat -- 9. Comparative Ecology of Giant Pandas in the Five Mountain Ranges of Their Distribution in China -- 10. Giant Panda Migration and Habitat Utilization in Foping Nature Reserve, China -- 11. Mapping Habitat Suitability for Giant Pandas in Foping Nature Reserve, China -- 12. Sympatry of Giant and Red Pandas on Yele Natural Reserve, China -- 13. Balancing Panda and Human Needs for Bamboo Shoots in Mabian Nature Reserve, China: Predictions from a Logistic-Like Model -- Part Four: Giant Panda Conservation -- 14. A New Paradigm for Panda Research and Conservation: Integrating Ecology with Human Demographics,Behavior, and Socioeconomics -- 15. Biological Framework for Evaluating Future Efforts in Giant Panda Conservation -- 16. The Legacy of Extinction Risk: Lessons from Giant Pandas and other Threatened Carnivores -- 17. Biomedical Survey of Captive Giant Pandas: A Catalyst for Conservation Partnerships in China -- Conclusion: Consensus and Challenge: The Giant Panda's Day is Now -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Keynote Address -- Appendix B: Keynote Address -- Appendex C: Memorandum of Consensus -- Contributors -- Index
  • Front Matter Table of Contents FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction: [PART ONE Introduction] 1: Phylogenetic Position of the Giant Panda: BRIEF REPORT 1.1: Pylogenetic Placement of the Giant Panda Based on Molecular Data 2: What Is a Giant Panda? 3: A Paleontologist’s Perspective on the Origin and Relationships of the Giant Panda 4: Variation in Ursid Life Histories: BRIEF REPORT 4.1: Life History Traits and Reproduction of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China [PART TWO Introduction] 5: Future Survival of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China WORKSHOP REPORT 5.1: Genetic Studies of Giant Pandas in Captivity and in the Wild 6: Nutritional Strategy of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China BRIEF REPORT 6.1: Spatial Memory in the Giant Panda 7: Chemical Communication in Giant Pandas: BRIEF REPORT 7.1: Chemical Composition of Giant Panda Scent and Its Use in Communication 8: Reproduction in Giant Pandas: [PART THREE Introduction] 9: Comparative Ecology of Giant Pandas in the Five Mountain Ranges of Their Distribution in China PANEL REPORT 9.1: Assessing the Habitat and Distribution of the Giant Panda: BRIEF REPORT 9.1: Using DNA from Panda Fecal Matter to Study Wild-Living Populations 10: Giant Panda Migration and Habitat Utilization in Foping Nature Reserve, China BRIEF REPORT 10.1: Noninvasive Techniques for Monitoring Giant Panda Behavior, Habitat Use, and Demographics 11: Mapping Habitat Suitability for Giant Pandas in Foping Nature Reserve, China PANEL REPORT 11.1: Restoring Giant Panda Habitat 12: Sympatry of Giant and Red Pandas on Yele Natural Reserve, China 13: Balancing Panda and Human Needs for Bamboo Shoots in Mabian Nature Reserve, China: PANEL REPORT 13.1: Management of Giant Panda Reserves in China [PART FOUR Introduction] 14: A New Paradigm for Panda Research and Conservation: PANEL REPORT 14.1: China’s National Plan for Conservation of the Giant Panda 15: Biological Framework for Evaluating Future Efforts in Giant Panda Conservation PANEL REPORT 15.1: National Survey of the Giant Panda 16: The Legacy of Extinction Risk: PANEL REPORT 16.1: Reintroduction of Giant Pandas: 17: Biomedical Survey of Captive Giant Pandas: BRIEF REPORT 17.1: Conservation Education Initiatives in China: WORKSHOP REPORT 17.1: International Coordination and Cooperation in the Conservation of Giant Pandas Conclusion: APPENDIX A. APPENDIX B. APPENDIX C. CONTRIBUTORS INDEX Back Matter
  • COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: A NEW DAWNING FOR GIANT PANDAS? -- PART ONE: EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF GIANT PANDAS -- 1 PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE GIANT PANDA: HISTORICAL CONSENSUS THROUGH SUPERTREE ANALYSIS -- BRIEF REPORT 1.1: Phylogenetic Placement of the Giant Panda Based on Molecular Data -- 2 WHAT IS A GIANT PANDA? A QUERY ABOUT ITS PLACE AMONG THE URSIDAE -- 3 A PALEONTOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE ORIGIN AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GIANT PANDA -- 4 VARIATION IN URSID LIFE HISTORIES: IS THERE AN OUTLlER? -- BRIEF REPORT 4.1: Life History Traits and Reproduction of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China -- PART TWO: STUDIES OF GIANT PANDA BIOLOGY -- 5 FUTURE SURVIVAL OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE QINLlNG MOUNTAINS OF CHINA -- WORKSHOP REPORT 5.1: Genetic Studies of Giant Pandas in Captivity and in the Wild -- 6 NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE QINLlNG MOUNTAINS OF CHINA -- BRIEF REPORT 6.1: Spatial Memory in the Giant Panda -- 7 CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN GIANT PANDAS: EXPERIMENTATION AND APPLICATION -- BRIEF REPORT 7.1: Chemical Composition of Giant Panda Scent and Its Use in Communication -- 8 REPRODUCTION IN GIANT PANDAS: HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR -- PART THREE: PANDAS AND THEIR HABITAT -- 9 COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE FIVE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN CHINA -- PANEL REPORT 9.1: Assessing the Habitat and Distribution of the Giant Panda: Methods and Issues -- BRIEF REPORT 9.1: Using DNA from Panda Fecal Matter to Study Wild-Living Populations -- 10 GIANT PANDA MIGRATION AND HABITAT UTILIZATION IN FOPING NATURE RESERVE, CHINA -- BRIEF REPORT 10.1: Noninvasive Techniques for Monitoring Giant Panda Behavior, Habitat Use, and Demographics -- 11 MAPPING HABITAT SUITABILITY FOR GIANT PANDAS IN FOPING NATURE RESERVE, CHINA
  • PANEL REPORT 11.1: Restoring Giant Panda Habitat -- 12 SYMPATRY OF GIANT AND RED PANDAS ON YELE NATURAL RESERVE, CHINA -- 13 BALANCING PANDA AND HUMAN NEEDS FOR BAMBOO SHOOTS IN MABIAN NATURE RESERVE, CHINA: PREDICTIONS FROM A LOGISTIC-LIKE MODEL -- PANEL REPORT 13.1: Management of Giant Panda Reserves in China -- PART FOUR: GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION -- 14 A NEW PARADIGM FOR PANDA RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION: INTEGRATING ECOLOGY WITH HUMAN DEMOGRAPHICS, BEHAVIOR, AND SOCIOECONOMICS -- PANEL REPORT 14.1: China's National Plan for Conservation of the Giant Panda -- 15 BIOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING FUTURE EFFORTS IN GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION -- PANEL REPORT 15.1: National Survey of the Giant Panda -- 16 THE LEGACY OF EXTINCTION RISK: LESSONS FROM GIANT PANDAS AND OTHER THREATENED CARNIVORES -- PANEL REPORT 16.1: Reintroduction of Giant Pandas: An Update -- 17 BIOMEDICAL SURVEY OF CAPTIVE GIANT PANDAS: A CATALYST FOR CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS IN CHINA -- BRIEF REPORT 17.1: Conservation Education Initiatives in China: A Collaborative Project among Zoo Atlanta, Chengdu Zoo, and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding -- WORKSHOP REPORT 17.1: International Coordination and Cooperation in the Conservation of Giant Pandas -- CONCLUSION: CONSENSUS AND CHALLENGE: THE GIANT PANDA'S DAY IS NOW -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A. KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY FU MA -- APPENDIX B. KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MARSHALL JONES -- APPENDIX C. MEMORANDUM OF CONSENSUS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z