Title
Bamboo dieback - an opportunity to restore panda habitat
Author(s)
Taylor,A.H., D.G.Reid, Qin Zisheng, and Hu Jinchu
Published
1991
Publisher
Environmental Conservation
Abstract
The range of Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) has been dramatically reduced by climate change and anthropogenic land clearance over the last two centuries such that populations are now confined to six tracts of land in southwestern China. Bamboo forest habitats within and outside of Natural Reserves in the region have been extensively altered by agricultural clearing and logging. As a result, Panda conservation is rarely centered on just preserving pristine landscapes but instead on restoring degraded Panda habitat. This paper discusses the time-sensitive opportunity to restore degraded Panda habitat following the widespread flowering and die back of a bamboo species, Bashania fangiana.
Full Citation
Taylor,A.H., D.G.Reid, Qin Zisheng and Hu Jinchu. 1991. Bamboo dieback: an opportunity to restore panda habitat. Environmental Conservation. 18:166-168.

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