Table 1 Water dose, experiment duration, dilution space and isotope turnover rates for giant pandas in the study of metabolic rates of giant pandas under natural conditions and at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China.

From: Field metabolic rates of giant pandas reveal energetic adaptations

Panda

Studbook number

Panda source

Dose (g)

Duration (day)

Nd (mol)

No (mol)

Nd/No

kd

ko

kd/ko

XingChen

1000

Project

8.134

3.76

2163.86

2024.43

1.07

0.0086

0.0099

0.8687

XingChen

1000

Project

9.025

3.81

2525.31

2554.93

0.99

0.0160

0.0179

0.8938

QianQian

881

Project

11.058

3.83

3949.87

3681.39

1.07

0.0092

0.0109

0.8440

QianQian

881

Project

11.596

3.81

3549.17

3475.72

1.02

0.0104

0.0129

0.8062

YuanRun

853

Captive

12.048

3.68

4141.63

4216.87

0.98

0.0061

0.0070

0.8714

QiYi

1008

Captive

9.940

3.77

3678.31

3442.24

1.07

0.0041

0.0050

0.8200

DaMei

1073

Captive

10.034

3.70

2824.28

2973.68

0.95

0.0055

0.0056

0.9821

  1. Nd is isotope dilution space of D2 and No is isotope dilution space of O18. The kd is mean isotope turnover rate of D2 and ko is mean isotope turnover rate of O18.