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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2005, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5): 86-90.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20050514

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Environmental Analysis on Giant Panda habitat in Gansu Province

Gong wen1,Ren Jiwen1,Zhao Changqing2,Li Xiaohong3   

  1. 1. Gansu Forestry Technological College Tianshui741020; 2. Wildlife Service Gansu Forestry Department Lanzhou730000 3. Baishuijiang Nature Reserve Bureau, Gansu Province Wenxian746000
  • Received:2003-06-20 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2005-09-25 Published:2005-09-25

Abstract:

According to the third survey on Giant Panda in Gansu from 2000 to 2001 and utilizing the software of SPSS and SAS, the Giant Panda habitat in Gansu Province was analyzed. The result shows that the Giant Panda habitat in Gansu is an under-plant population of forest communities with Fargesia denudate as the dominant species; that Giant Panda make movements at the altitudes ranging from 1 600 m to 2 000 m in Wenxian County and Diebu County; that the characteristics of bamboo population, geographical environment, along with the integrity of forest communities, are taken as the three dominant factors in influencing the life of Giant Panda;and that the features of the habitat are basically stable but reasonable distribution together with strong artificial disturbance is considered as the potential factor resulting in the habitat unstable.

Key words: Giant Panda, habitat, stability, investigation and analysis, Gansu Province