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Zejun Zhang
Researcher at China West Normal University
Publications - Â 76
Citations - Â 2420
Zejun Zhang is an academic researcher from China West Normal University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ailuropoda melanoleuca & Population. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 64 publications receiving 2000 citations. Previous affiliations of Zejun Zhang include Zoological Society of San Diego & Chinese Ministry of Education.
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Molecular censusing doubles giant panda population estimate in a key nature reserve
Xiangjiang Zhan,Ming Li,Zejun Zhang,Zejun Zhang,Benoit Goossens,Youping Chen,Hongjia Wang,Michael William Bruford,Fuwen Wei +8 more
TL;DR: Here, for the first time, an exhaustive non-invasive genetic survey of giant pandas in a key reserve is conducted and it is found that the molecular census was double that previously estimated.
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Obligate herbivory in an ancestrally carnivorous lineage: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry
TL;DR: It is suggested that pandas obligatorily synchronize their seasonal migration and reproduction with the disjunct nutritional phenologies of two bamboo species, which has potentially important implications for habitat conservation and the need for understanding the nutritional basis of food selection in devising management plans for endangered species.
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Progress in the ecology and conservation of giant pandas.
TL;DR: The major advancements in ecological science for the giant panda are reviewed, examining how these advancements have contributed to panda conservation and form a foundation for increasing the application of adaptive management approaches.
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Old-growth forest is what giant pandas really need
Zejun Zhang,Ronald R. Swaisgood,Shanning Zhang,Lisa A. Nordstrom,Hongjia Wang,Xiaodong Gu,Jinchu Hu,Fuwen Wei +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that pandas are associated with old-growth forest more than with any ecological variable other than bamboo, and the findings are disparate from previous research in part because the research was conducted over a larger ecological scale than previous research conducted over more circumscribed areas within individual reserves.
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Giant Pandas Are Not an Evolutionary cul-de-sac: Evidence from Multidisciplinary Research
TL;DR: The latest and most advanced research shows that giant pandas are successful animals highly adapted to a specialized bamboo diet via morphological, ecological, and genetic adaptations and coadaptation of gut microbiota.