Evaluating landscape options for corridor restoration between giant panda reserves.

ABSTRACT: The establishment of corridors can offset the negative effects of habitat fragmentation by connecting isolated habitat patches. However, the practical value of corridor planning is minimal if corridor identification is not based on reliable quantitative information about species-environment relationships. An example of this need for quantitative information is planning for giant panda conservation. Although the species has been the focus of intense conservation efforts for decades, most corridor projects remain hypothetical due to the lack of reliable quantitative researches at an appropriate spatial scale. In this paper, we evaluated a framework for giant panda forest corridor planning. We linked our field survey data with satellite imagery, and conducted species occupancy modelling to ex

SUBMITTER: Wang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4136856 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature