Advances in Researches into Influences of the Earthquake on Wild Giant Pandas
doi: 10.16779/j.cnki.1003-5508.2015.04.024
- Received Date: 2015-05-31
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Key words:
- Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) /
- Earthquake /
- Habitat /
- Space use /
- Action patterns
Abstract: The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a flagship species for biodiversity conservation across the world. The impact of the earthquake and secondary disasters on giant pandas was particularly concerned by conservation managers and researchers. After 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and 2013 Lushan earthquake,the researchers adopted 3S technology and other methods such as field investigations to make many studies of the impact of the earthquake on giant pandas from different sights. In this paper, a description was made of many aspects associating with the giant panda conservation after the earthquake, such as the evaluation of destroying and recovering of giant panda habitats, behavioral response of giant pandas to the earthquake and the influence of the earthquake on the communities which were closed to giant panda protected areas. Besides,some suggections were put forward for the future research associating with conservation of giant pandas after natural disasters.