Sunday, July 25, 2010

Imperiled giant pandas need replanted bamboo forests in order to reconnect

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Imperiled giant pandas need replanted bamboo forests in order to reconnect

Giant panda habitats are too fragmented and need to be reconnected in order for the endangered animals to maintain their genetic diversity, a new study shows.

The study, conducted by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, both in Beijing, was published July 23 in the open-access journal BMC Genetics .

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