Background, aim, and scope Foraging patches can be described as a nested hierarchy of
aggregated resources, implying that study of foraging by wild animals should be directed …

The factors that affect the selection of feeding sites by giant pandas Ailuropoda melanoleuca
in the Longxi‐Hongkou Nature Reserve were explored in winter from 2000 to 2002, by using …

Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are members of the order Carnivora. Their diet,
however, consists almost entirely of bamboo. Herbivores are under strong pressure to be …

Herbivores face various nutritional challenges in their life cycles, challenges that may
become increasingly acute under ongoing environmental changes. Here, focusing on …

The red panda Ailurus fulgens Cuvier, 1825 is endemic to the Himalayan-Hengduan
Mountains. Many of its ecological traits are still poorly understood although important from a …

The preferred bamboo food Bashania fangiana of the giant panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca
mass-flowered and died in 1983 in Wolong Natural Reserve, Sichuan, China. The standing …

Efforts to conserve pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in China now concentrate on
providing a large enough contiguous reserve to ensure food sufficiency. Fragmented …

We compared the habitat use by giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in selectively
logged forests and timber plantations in the Changqing National Nature Reserve, Shaanxi …

(1) Habitat selection by the giant panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca was studied in the
subalpine forests of Wolong Reserve, Sichuan, China, where Bashania fangiana bamboo is …