Effect of China's rapid development on its iconic giant panda  

作　　者：ZHU LiFeng HU YiBo ZHANG ZeJun WEI FuWen 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2013年第17期2134-2139,共6页

基　　金：supported by Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-EW-Z-4);National Natural Science Foundation of China (30670329)

摘　　要：Anthropogenic factors affect biodiversity and have led to the contraction or extinction of animal populations worldwide.Here,we use historical demographic data,spanning the past 300 years,to show that a rapid distributional contraction of giant pandas took place during the 18th and 19th centuries alongside the increase in human population.Land-use also underwent a significant change across the areas where giant pandas were found because of government agricultural policy and the introduction of new crops.The impact of social development on giant pandas includes habitat loss and fragmentation,and range reductions.Our findings would facilitate the design of effective conservation strategies that seek to conserve and increase current habitats of this iconic species,especially in areas that our analysis has identified as places where pandas have suffered from high human pressure.Anthropogenic factors affect biodiversity and have led to the contraction or extinction of animal populations worldwide. Here, we use historical demographic data, spanning the past 300 years, to show that a rapid distributional contraction of giant pandas took place during the 18th and 19th centuries alongside the increase in human population. Land-use also underwent a significant change across the areas where giant pandas were found because of government agricultural policy and the introduction of new crops. The impact of social development on giant pandas includes habitat loss and fragmentation, and range reductions. Our findings would facilitate the design of effective conservation strategies that seek to conserve and increase current habitats of this iconic species, especially in areas that our analysis has identified as places where pandas have suffered from high human pressure.

关 键 词：大熊猫栖息地 标志性 中国经济 保护策略 生物多样性 种群灭绝 人为因素 统计数据 

分 类 号：Q958[生物学—动物学]