Gap Analysis of Giant Panda Conservation as an Example for Planning China’s National Park System

Yang, Bohan; Qin, Siyu; Xu, Wansu; Busch, Jonah; Yang, Xiangdong; Gu, Xun; Zhang, Yang; Wang, Bin; Dai, Qiang; Xu, Yongfu

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.069

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“…However, there is no difference in the level of human disturbance for these two types of reserves [10]. Logging is more regulated than other disturbances, not only by protected areas but also by the two national forest policies [11]. Hence, it allows the regeneration of forests and the growth of large trees.…”

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“…The study of Yang and colleagues [11] takes a different angle. They used the same dataset but looked at how panda density varied within a proposed giant panda national park (see below).…”

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“…They also centered this question around a crucial issue, namely overlaps in the spatial designation and the management of protected areas [16]. Coverage gaps, overlapping designations and disparities in management are common in China [11], which is one of the reasons for the recent protected area reform. The protected area system in China is now divided into three categories: national parks at the core, nature reserves and nature parks, the latter of which will include all the other protected areas [17].…”

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“…It is planned to be three times the size of Yellowstone National Park, stretching across three provinces, with 120,000 people living inside the park [18]. The new national park will expand spatial protection with an additional 8,364km 2 , while 61.1% of the park is covered by protected areas [11]. However, about 23% of the existing panda protected area network in the park has overlapping designations.…”

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“…Does a big empty forest mean a conservation success? In this issue of Current Biology, two new studies by Wei Wei, Zejun Zhang and colleagues [10] and by Biao Yang, Yu Xu and colleagues [11] take advantage of data from national giant panda surveys to answer the longstanding questions: are existing panda protected areas effective and how can we do better?…”

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“…The study of Yang and colleagues [11] takes a different angle. They used the same dataset but looked at how panda density varied within a proposed giant panda national park (see below).…”

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Predicting range shifts of the giant pandas under future climate and land use scenarios

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Zhao

Wei

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Ecology and Evolution

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Understanding and predicting how species will respond to global environmental change (i.e., climate and land use change) is essential to efficiently inform conservation and management strategies for authorities and managers. Here, we assessed the combined effect of future climate and land use change on the potential range shifts of the giant pandas ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) in Sichuan Province, China. We used species distribution models (SDMs) to forecast range shifts of the giant pandas by the 2050s and 2070s under four combined climate and land use change scenarios. We also compared the differences in distributional changes of giant pandas among the five mountains in the study area. Our SDMs exhibited good model performance and were not overfitted, with a mean Boyce index of 0.960 0.015 and a mean omission rate of 0.002 0.003, and suggested that precipitation seasonality, annual mean temperature, the proportion of forest cover, and total annual precipitation are the most important factors in shaping the current distribution pattern of the giant pandas. Our projections of future species distribution also suggested a range expansion under an optimistic greenhouse gas emission, while suggesting a range contraction under a pessimistic greenhouse gas emission. Moreover, we found that there is considerable variation in the projected range change patterns among the five mountains in the study area. Especially, the suitable habitat of the giant panda is predicted to increase under all scenarios in the Minshan mountains, while is predicted to decrease under all scenarios in Daxiangling and Liangshan mountains, indicating the vulnerability of the giant pandas at low latitudes. Our findings highlight the importance of an integrated approach that combines climate and land use change to predict the future species distribution and the need for a spatial explicit consideration of the projected range change patterns of target species for guiding conservation and management strategies.

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Not all forests are alike: the role of commercial forest in the conservation of landscape connectivity for the giant panda

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Wang

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Landscape Ecol

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Gap Analysis of Giant Panda Conservation as an Example for Planning China’s National Park System

Cited by 41 publications

References 21 publications

Conservation: Guarding Panda Land

Conservation: Guarding Panda Land

Predicting range shifts of the giant pandas under future climate and land use scenarios

Not all forests are alike: the role of commercial forest in the conservation of landscape connectivity for the giant panda

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