Prolonged transition time between colostrum and mature milk in a bear, the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca [PDF]
, 2015 Bears produce the most altricial neonates of any placental mammal. We hypothesized that the transition from colostrum to mature milk in bears reflects a temporal and biochemical adaptation for altricial development and immune protection.
Burchmore, Richard J. S. +9 more
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Fecal Metabolomics Reveals the Foraging Strategies of Giant Pandas for Different Parts of Bamboo
Animals, 2023 Climate change-induced food shortages pose major threats to wildlife conservation, and the exclusive reliance of giant pandas on bamboo makes them particularly vulnerable.
Zheng Yan +5 more
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Intestinal acetic acid regulates the synthesis of sex pheromones in captive giant pandas
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 As a typical solitary animal, adult giant pandas rely on chemical signals (sex pheromones) to transmit reproductive information during oestrous. Although researchers have confirmed that the gut microbiota is related to the emission and reception of sex ...
Ming-yue Zhang +19 more
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Giant panda protection: challenges and hopes [PDF]
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019 In this paper, we discussed some major issues that hinder giant panda protection, such as diverse and mixed threats, habitat fragmentation, as well as the survey method to be improved, and some new protection actions appeared, such as the pilot program for the giant panda national park system and the administration of the giant panda national park was ...
Dongwei, Kang, Junqing, Li
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Characterization of the complete mitogenome sequence of the giant panda tick Haemaphysalis hystricis
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The blood-sucking tick Haemaphysalis hystricis is a common ectoparasite of the giant panda and represents a significant threat to both wild and captive populations. Herein, the complete mitogenome of H.
Yunjian Liu +12 more
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Walking in a heterogeneous landscape: Dispersal, gene flow and conservation implications for the giant panda in the Qinling Mountains [PDF]
, 2018 Understanding the interaction between life history, demography and population genetics in threatened species is critical for the conservations of viable populations.
Apps +67 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The decline in natural mating behavior is the primary reason underlying in the poor population growth of captive giant pandas. However, the influencing factors and underlying mechanisms remain unclear to data. It is speculated that the decline in natural
Ming-yue Zhang +24 more
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Bacteria isolated from Bengal cat (Felis catus × Prionailurus bengalensis) anal sac secretions produce volatile compounds potentially associated with animal signaling. [PDF]
, 2019 In social animals, scent secretions and marking behaviors play critical roles in communication, including intraspecific signals, such as identifying individuals and group membership, as well as interspecific signaling.
Cho, Adrienne W +8 more
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Learning to rank using privileged information [PDF]
, 2013 Many computer vision problems have an asymmetric distribution of information between training and test time. In this work, we study the case where we are given additional information about the training data, which however will not be available at test ...
Lampert, Christoph H +2 more
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Factors influencing bamboo intake of captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Scientific Reports, 2023 Bamboo is the main food source of the giant panda. To increase bamboo intake in captive giant pandas, we studied factors affecting the bamboo intake. Fourteen healthy captive giant pandas in Dujiangyan Base of China Conservation and Research Center for ...
Ming Wei +12 more
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