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Bamboo Dieback: An Opportunity to Restore Panda Habitat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Alan H. Taylor ,
Donald G. Reid ,
Qin Zisheng  and
Hu Jinchu
Alan H. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
Donald G. Reid
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A9, Canada
Qin Zisheng
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Nanchong Teacher's College, Nanchong, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
Hu Jinchu
Affiliation:
Nanchong Teacher's College, Nanchong, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , Summer 1991 , pp. 166 - 168
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1991

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