Giant Pandas - Biology and Conservation

Foreword George B. Schaller xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv INTRODUCTION: A NEW DAWNING FOR GIANT PANDAS? 1(6) Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona PART ONE Evolutionary History of Giant Pandas 7(70) 1 PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE GIANT PANDA: HISTORICAL CONSENSUS THROUGH SUPERTREE ANALYSIS 11(27) Olaf R.P. Bininda-Emonds BRIEF REPORT 1.1 Phylogenetic Placement of the Giant Panda Based on Molecular Data 36(1) Lisette P. Waits 2 WHAT IS A GIANT PANDA? A QUERY ABOUT ITS PLACE AMONG THE URSIDAE 38(7) Lee R. Hagey and Edith A. MacDonald 3 A PALEONTOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE ORIGIN AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GIANT PANDA 45(8) Robert M. Hunt, Jr. 4 VARIATION IN URSID LIFE HISTORIES: IS THERE AN OUTLIER? 53(35) David L. Garshelis BRIEF REPORT 4.1 Life History Traits and Reproduction of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China 74(1) Dajun Wang, Xiaojian Zhu, and Wenshi Pan PART TWO Studies of Giant Panda Biology 77(56) 5 FUTURE SURVIVAL OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE QINLING MOUNTAINS OF CHINA Si Wenshi Pan, Yu Long, Dajun Wang, Hao Wang, Zhi La, and Xiaojian Zhu WORKSHOP REPORT 5.1 Genetic Studies of Giant Pandas in Captivity and in the Wild 88(1) Yaping Zhang and Oliver A. Ryder 6 NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE QINLING MOUNTAINS OF CHINA 90(16) Yu Long, Zhi La, Dajun Wang, Xiaojian Zhu, Hao Wang, Yingyi Zhang, and Wenshi Pan BRIEF REPORT 6.1 Spatial Memory in the Giant Panda 101(1) Loraine R. Tarou, Rebecca J. Snyder, and Terry L. Maple 7 CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN GIANT PANDAS: EXPERIMENTATION AND APPLICATION 106(19) Ronald R. Swaisgood, Donald Lindburg, Angela M. White, Hemin Zhang, and Xiaoping Zhou BRIEF REPORT 7.1 Chemical Composition of Giant Panda Scent and Its Use in Communication 121(1) Lee R. Hagey and Edith A. MacDonald 8 REPRODUCTION IN GIANT PANDAS: HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 125(12) Rebecca J. Snyder, Dwight P. Lawson, Anju Zhang, Zhihe Zhang, Lan Luo, Wei Zhong, Xianming Huang, Nancy M. Czekala, Mollie A. Bloomsmith, Debra L. Forthman, and Terry L. Maple PART THREE Pandas arid Their Habitat 133(80) 9 COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE FIVE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN CHINA 137(22) Jinchu Hu and Fuwen Wei PANEL REPORT 9.1 Assessing the Habitat and Distribution of the Giant Panda: Methods and Issues 149(1) Colby Loucks and Hao Wang BRIEF REPORT 9.1 Using DNA from Panda Fecal Matter to Study Wild-Living Populations 155(1) Yunwu Zhang, Hemin Zhang, Guiquan Zhang, Oliver A. Ryder, and Yaping Zhang 10 GIANT PANDA MIGRATION AND HABITAT UTILIZATION IN FOPING NATURE RESERVE, CHINA 159(17) Yange Yong, Xuehua Liu, Tiejun Wang, Andrew K. Skidmore, and Herbert H. Prins BRIEF REPORT 10.1 Noninvasive Techniques for Monitoring Giant Panda Behavior, Habitat Use, and Demographics 170(1) Matthew E. Durnin, Jin Yan Huang, and Hemin Zhang 11 MAPPING HABITAT SUITABILITY FOR GIANT PANDAS IN FOPING NATURE RESERVE, CHINA 176(13) Xuehua Liu, M. C. Bronsveld, Andrew K. Skidmore, Tiejun Wang, Gaodi Dang, and Yange Yong PANEL REPORT 11.1 Restoring Giant Panda Habitat 187(1) Chunquan Zhu and Zhiyun Ouyang 12 SYMPATRY OF GIANT AND RED PANDAS ON YELE NATURAL RESERVE, CHINA 189(12) Fuwen Wei, Ming Li, Zuojian Feng, Zuwang Wang, and Jinchu Hu 13 BALANCING PANDA AND HUMAN NEEDS FOR BAMBOO SHOOTS IN MABIAN NATURE RESERVE, CHINA: PREDICTIONS FROM A LOGISTIC-LIKE MODEL 201(12) Fuwen Wei, Guang Yang, Jinchu Hu, and Stephen Stringham PANEL REPORT 13.1 Management of Giant Panda Reserves in China 210(1) Changqing Yu and Xiangsui Deng PART FOUR Giant Panda Conservation 213(66) 14 A NEW PARADIGM FOR PANDA RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION: INTEGRATING ECOLOGY WITH HUMAN DEMOGRAPHICS, BEHAVIOR, AND SOCIOECONOMICS 217(11) Jianguo Liu, Zhiyun Ouyang, Heroin Zhang, Marc Linderman, Li An, Scott Bearer, and Guangming He PANEL REPORT 14.1 China's National Plan for Conservation of the Giant Panda 226(1) Zhi Lü and Yongfan Liu 15 BIOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING FUTURE EFFORTS IN GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION 228(8) Eric Dinerstein, Colby Loucks, and Zhi Lü PANEL REPORT 15.1 National Survey of the Giant Panda 234(1) Changqing Yu and Shaoying Liu 16 THE LEGACY OF EXTINCTION RISK: LESSONS FROM GIANT PANDAS AND OTHER THREATENED CARNIVORES 236(14) John L. Gittleman and Andrea J. Webster PANEL REPORT 16.1 Reintroduction of Giant Pandas: An Update 246(1) Sue Mainka, Wenshi Pan, Devra Kleiman, and Zhi Lü 17 BIOMEDICAL SURVEY OF CAPTIVE GIANT PANDAS: A CATALYST FOR CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS IN CHINA 250(21) Susie Ellis, Anju Zhang, Hemin Zhang, Jinguo Zhang, Zhihe Zhang, Mabel Lam, Mark Edwards, JoGayle Howard, Donald Janssen, Eric Miller, and David Wildt BRIEF REPORT 17.1 Conservation Education Initiatives in China: A Collaborative Project among Zoo Atlanta, Chengdu Zoo, and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding 264(1) Sarah M. Bexell, Lan Luo, Yan Hu, Terry L. Maple, Rita McManamon, Anju Zhang, Zhihe Zhang, Li Song Fei, and Yuzhong Tian WORKSHOP REPORT 17.1 International Coordination and Cooperation in the Conservation of Giant Pandas 268(1) J. Craig Potter and Kenneth Stansell CONCLUSION: CONSENSUS AND CHALLENGE: THE GIANT PANDA'S DAY IS NOW 271(8) Donald Lindburg and Karen Baragona APPENDIX A. KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY FU MA 279(3) APPENDIX B. KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MARSHALL JONES 282(4) APPENDIX C. MEMORANDUM OF CONSENSUS 286(3) Contributors 289(8) Index 297