Using multiple criteria for redesigning habitat corridor plans for Giant Pandas.

ABSTRACT: One key factor to long-term success in conservation planning is to allocate limited resources to the most critical locations and ensure the effectiveness of contemporary management plans under future conditions. Here, we proposed an innovative framework to quantitatively prioritize conservation actions for a vulnerable species, giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), and use it to identify Priority Habitat Corridors (PHCs) to address the threat of habitat fragmentation. We focused on the newly established Giant Panda National Park (GPNP), and combined field data with remotely-sensed landscape and anthropogenic metrics to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of potential habitat corridors. We first conducted habitat and corridor modeling and identified 72 candidate corridors. We then co

SUBMITTER: Diao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12262836 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature