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Conservation implications of drastic reductions in the smallest and most isolated populations of giant pandas.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology - 1 Oct 2010
Zhu Lifeng, Zhan Xiangjiang, Wu Hua, Zhang Shanning, Meng Tao, Bruford Michael W, Wei Fuwen
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In conservation biology, understanding the causes of endangerment is a key step to devising effective conservation strategies. We used molecular evidence (coalescent simulations of population changes from microsatellite data) and historical information (habitat and human population changes) to investigate how the most-isolated populations of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in the Xiaoxiangling Mountains...
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