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Giant panda protection: a time to abandon the concept that mainly relies on nature reserve

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This study was funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. BLX2015-34) and the Special Research Program for Public-welfare Environmental Protection Projects (Grant No. 201509042).

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  1. College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, 35 East-Qinghua Road, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Dongwei Kang & Junqing Li

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Communicated by David Hawksworth.

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Kang, D., Li, J. Giant panda protection: a time to abandon the concept that mainly relies on nature reserve. Biodivers Conserv 25, 3093–3095 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1208-5

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