Giant pandas : biology and conservation / edited by Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona ; with a foreword by George B. Schaller.

ISBN:

9780520930162

9781597346337

9780520238671

Title:

Giant pandas : biology and conservation / edited by Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona ; with a foreword by George B. Schaller.

Author:

Lindburg, Donald G., 1932-

Publication Information:

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1 online resource (xv, 308 pages) : illustrations, maps

Contents:

Giant panda migration and habitat utilization in Foping Nature Reserve, China / Yange Yong [and others] Noninvasive techniques for monitoring giant panda behavior, habitat use, and demographics / Matthew E. Durnin, Jin Yan Huang and Hemin Zhang -- Mapping habitat suitability for giant pandas in Foping Nature Reserve, China / Xuehua Liu [and others] Restoring giant panda habitat / Chunquan Zhu and Zhiyun Ouyang -- Sympatry of giant and red pandas on Yele Natural Reserve, China / Fuwen Wei [and others] -- Balancing panda and human needs for bamboo shoots in Mabian Nature Reserve, China : predictions from a logistic-like model / Fuwen Wei [and others] Management of giant panda reserves in China / Changqing Yu and Xiangsui Deng -- A new paradigm for panda research and conservation : integrating ecology with human demographics, behavior, and socioeconomics / Jianguo Liu [and others] China's national plan for conservation of the giant panda / Zhi Lu? and Yongfan Liu -- Biological framework for evaluating future efforts in giant panda conservation / Eric Dinerstein, Colby Loucks and Zhi Lu -- National survey of the giant panda / Changqing Yu and Shaoying Liu -- 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 [and others] -- Biomedical survey of captive giant pandas : a catalyst for conservation partnerships in China / Susie Ellis [and others] Conservation education initiatives in China : a collaborative project among Zoo Atlanta, Chengdu Zoo, and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding / Sarah M. Bexell [and others] -- International coordination and cooperation in the conservation of giant pandas / J. Craig Potter and Kenneth Stansell -- Conclusion : Consensus and challenge : the giant panda's day is now / Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona -- Keynote address / Fu Ma -- Keynote address / Marshall Jones -- 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 -- Phylogenetic placement of the giant panda based on molecular data / Lisette P. Waits -- What is a giant panda? A query about its place among the Ursidae / Lee R. Hagey and Edith A. MacDonald -- A paleontologist's perspective on the origin and relationships of the giant panda / Robert M. Hunt, Jr. -- 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 -- Future survival of giant pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China / Wenshi Pan [and others] -- Genetic studies of giant pandas in captivity and in the wild / Yaping Zhang and Oliver A. Ryder -- Nutritional strategy of giant pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China / Yu Long [and others] -- Spatial memory in the giant panda / Loraine R. Tarou, Rebecca J. Snyder and Terry L. Maple -- Chemical communication in giant pandas : experimentation and application / Ronald R. Swaisgood [and others] Chemical composition of giant panda scent and its use in communication / Lee R. Hagey and Edith A. MacDonald -- Reproduction in giant pandas : hormones and behavior / Rebecca J. Snyder [and others] -- 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 [and others].

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Subject Term:

Giant panda.

Giant panda -- Conservation.

Ursidae.

Added Author:

Lindburg, Donald G., 1932-

Baragona, Karen, 1967-

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Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2004

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Summary

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 available in English, tells the promising story of how the giant panda returned from the brink of extinction. The most important sourcebook on giant pandas to date, it is the first book since 1985 to present current panda research and the first to place the species in its biological, ecological, and political contexts. More than a progress report on a highly endangered species, Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation details the combination of scientific understanding, local commitment, and government involvement that has been brought into play and asks what more needs to be done to ensure the panda's survival.

The book is divided into four parts--Evolutionary History of the Giant Panda, Studies of Giant Panda Biology, Pandas and Their Habitats, and Giant Panda Conservation. It combines the latest findings from the field and the laboratory together with panel and workshop summaries from a recent international conference. Taken together, the chapters highlight how international cooperation has led to better management in the wild and in captivity. The volume also shows how concepts such as buffer zones, links between forest fragments, multiple-use areas, and cooperation with local people who have a stake in the resources--highly relevant concepts for conservation problems around the world--have been key to the panda's survival.

Author Notes

Lindburg Don :

Donald Lindburg, Head of the Office of Giant Panda Conservation at the Zoological Society of San Diego, is editor, with Shirley C. Strum and David Hamburg, of The New Physical Anthropology: Science, Humanism, and Critical Reflection (1999), and editor, with John E. Fa, of Evolution and Ecology of Macaque Societies (1996), among other books. Karen Baragona is Deputy Director, Species Conservation, World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US).

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Choice Review

Endemic to the montane bamboo forests of Central China, the panda has life history traits that make it highly vulnerable to extinction. It depends upon the leaves of bamboo for 90 percent of its food, its reproductive rate is slow, its populations are low, and its habitat has been severely reduced and fragmented by logging and agriculture. For the past several decades Chinese and non-Chinese scientists have been studying the species. An international symposium on giant panda biology and conservation, held in San Diego and titled "Panda 2000," brought these scientists together. This book of peer-reviewed papers is a product of that symposium. The papers are arranged in four parts: evolutionary history of the giant panda, panda habitat, panda biology, and panda conservation. As the second scientific book on the giant panda, it complements The Giant Pandas of Wolong (1985), by G. B. Schaller et al. This sourcebook makes a valuable contribution in making accessible to a non-Chinese audience previously unpublished data and the research of Chinese biologists. It will be a crucial addition to mammalogy, wildlife, and conservation biology bookshelves. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. R. L. Smith emeritus, West Virginia University