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Project List
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| Giant
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| Project title: |
Determining the Impact of
Bamboo Harvest on Bamboo Stand Recruitment and Physiological
Characteristics of Individual Ramets |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dr. Brian J. Rude |
| Project period: |
2006 - 2008 |
| Objective: |
Little to no information exists on the effect of harvest on shoot production, biochemistry, and giant panda utilization of bamboos, particularly with regard to giant panda herbivory or human harvest. However, Reid and Hu (1991) and Wang et al. (in prep.) observed that wild pandas avoid previously foraged sites. This behaviour could be the simple result of a decrease in available biomass following disturbance (Wang et al. in prep.). On the other hand, it could indicate alterations in plant physiology variables (fibre characteristics, silicification, carbohydrate or nutrient dynamics) and resulting cues for negative dietary selection. By developing a collaborative and, multidisciplinary study in captivity and the wild, this programme intends to measure the impact of harvest on bamboo physiology and ecology. |
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Mabian Dafengding Nature
Reserve Biodiversity Baseline Survey |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sichuan Forestry Department |
| Project period: |
2005 - 2006 |
| Project
title: |
Endocrine Techniques Workshop
for Assessing Reproductive and Adrenal Activity in the
Giant Panda |
| Principal Investigator: |
Smithsonian's National Zoological
Park |
| Project period: |
2005 - 2006 |
| Project
title: |
Symposium for Developing
a Long-term Conservation Plan for Mabian Dafengding Nature |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sichuan Forestry Department |
| Project period: |
2005 |
| Project
title: |
Patrolling and Monitoring
Workshop for Reserve Staff at Mabian Dafengding Nature
Reserve and its Neighbouring Reserves |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sichuan Forestry Department |
| Project period: |
2003 |
| Project
title: |
Behavioural and Hormonal
Assessment of Stress and the Effects of Environmental
Enrichment in Captive Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda
melanoleuca) |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dr. Reimi Kinoshita |
| Project period: |
2002 - 2004 |
| Objectives: |
The two main goals of this
study are 1) to find out if pandas prefer to work for
food and how they interact with novel and familiar feeders,
and 2) evaluate the effect on these indicators by changes
in the environment via their monitoring. |
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Remote Sensing/ Geographical
Information System (GIS) for Panda Habitat Monitoring
Training Workshop |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sichuan Forestry Department |
| Project period: |
2001 |
| Project
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Mabian Preliminary Community-Based
Survey |
| Principal Investigator: |
Exploration & Research
Society and Hong Kong Society for Panda Conservation |
| Project period: |
2000 |
| Project
title: |
Giant Panda Conservation
Assessment and Research Techniques Workshop |
| Principal Investigator: |
CBSG |
| Project period: |
1999 |
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