Giant Pandas

Biology and Conservation

Donald Lindburg, Karen Baragona

308 pages, parution le 13/08/2004

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Résumé

The much-loved giant panda, a secretive denizen of the dense bamboo forests of western China, has become an icon worldwide of progress in conservation and research. This volume, written by an international team of scientists and conservationists including Chinese researchers whose work has not been available in English, tells the promising story of how the giant panda returned from the brink of extinction. The most important sourcebook on giant pandas to date, it is the first book since 1985 to present current panda research and the first to place the species in its biological, ecological, and political contexts. More than a progress report on a highly endangered species, Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation details the combination of scientific understanding, local commitment, and government involvement that has been brought into play and asks what more needs to be done to ensure the panda's survival.

The book is divided into four parts--Evolutionary History of the Giant Panda, Studies of Giant Panda Biology, Pandas and Their Habitats, and Giant Panda Conservation. It combines the latest findings from the field and the laboratory together with panel and workshop summaries from a recent international conference. Taken together, the chapters highlight how international cooperation has led to better management in the wild and in captivity. The volume also shows how concepts such as buffer zones, links between forest fragments, multiple-use areas, and cooperation with local people who have a stake in the resources--highly relevant concepts for conservation problems around the world--have been key to the panda's survival.

L'auteur - Donald Lindburg

Donald Lindburg, Head of the Office of Giant Panda Conservation at the Zoological Society of San Diego, is editor, with Shirley C. Strum and David Hamburg, of The New Physical Anthropology: Science, Humanism, and Critical Reflection (1999), and editor, with John E. Fa, of Evolution and Ecology of Macaque Societies (1996), among other books.

L'auteur - Karen Baragona

Karen Baragona is Deputy Director, Species Conservation, World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US).

Sommaire

Introduction : A New Dawning for Giant Pandas ?
Evolutionary History of the Giant Panda
Studies of Giant Panda Biology
Pandas and Their Habitats
Giant Panda Conservation
Conclusion : Consensus and Challenge: The Giant Panda's Day Is Now

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Éditeur(s)	University of California Press
Auteur(s)	Donald Lindburg, Karen Baragona
Parution	13/08/2004
Nb. de pages	308
Format	18,5 x 26
Couverture	Relié
Poids	840g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780520238671
ISBN13	978-0-520-23867-1