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Metabolic rates of giant pandas inform conservation strategies
Scientific reports, v 6(1), pp 27248-27248
06 Jun 2016
PMID: 27264109
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Abstract
The giant panda is an icon of conservation and survived a large-scale bamboo die off in the 1980s in China. Captive breeding programs have produced a large population in zoos and efforts continue to reintroduce those animals into the wild. However, we lack sufficient knowledge of their physiological ecology to determine requirements for survival now and in the face of climate change. We measured resting and active metabolic rates of giant pandas in order to determine if current bamboo resources were sufficient for adding additional animals to populations in natural reserves. Resting metabolic rates were somewhat below average for a panda sized mammal and active metabolic rates were in the normal range. Pandas do not have exceptionally low metabolic rates. Nevertheless, there is enough bamboo in natural reserves to support both natural populations and large numbers of reintroduced pandas. Bamboo will not be the limiting factor in successful reintroduction.
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- Title
- Metabolic rates of giant pandas inform conservation strategies
- Creators
- Yuxiang Fei - Drexel UniversityRong Hou - Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda BreedingJames R. Spotila - Drexel UniversityFrank V. Paladino - Indiana University – Purdue University Fort WayneDunwu Qi - Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda BreedingZhihe Zhang - Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
- Publication Details
- Scientific reports, v 6(1), pp 27248-27248
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- 2012CB72220 / National Basic Research Program of China Betz Chair of Environmental Science at Drexel University Shrey Chair of Biology at Indiana-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Foundation (CPF Research) Global Cause Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000377073000002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84973365177
- Other Identifier
- 991019169622204721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Zoology