Table 2 Difference between baseline protected area (within the reserve) and effective protected area of giant panda habitat for two nature reserves.

From: Free-roaming dogs limit habitat use of giant pandas in nature reserves

 

Baseline Giant Panda Habitat within each reserve

Effective Giant Panda Habitat I (human impact)

Effective Giant Panda Habitat II (human and dog impact)

Liziping

385.2 km2

380.3 km2

108.7 km2

Daxiangling

271.2 km2

271.1 km2

63.9 km2*

  1. Areas provided were based on the impact of humans alone (scenario I: within the reserve and greater than 1.9 km path-distance from a populated area) and human and free-roaming dogs together (scenario II: within the reserve and greater than 10.9 km path-distance from a populated area).
  2. *Although surveys indicate no current dog problem in Daxiangling, this is the effective area that would result from a future free-roaming dog population in Daxiangling.