COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: A NEW DAWNING FOR GIANT PANDAS? -- PART ONE: EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF GIANT PANDAS -- 1 PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE GIANT PANDA: HISTORICAL CONSENSUS THROUGH SUPERTREE ANALYSIS -- BRIEF REPORT 1.1: Phylogenetic Placement of the Giant Panda Based on Molecular Data -- 2 WHAT IS A GIANT PANDA? A QUERY ABOUT ITS PLACE AMONG THE URSIDAE -- 3 A PALEONTOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE ORIGIN AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GIANT PANDA -- 4 VARIATION IN URSID LIFE HISTORIES: IS THERE AN OUTLlER? -- BRIEF REPORT 4.1: Life History Traits and Reproduction of Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of China -- PART TWO: STUDIES OF GIANT PANDA BIOLOGY -- 5 FUTURE SURVIVAL OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE QINLlNG MOUNTAINS OF CHINA -- WORKSHOP REPORT 5.1: Genetic Studies of Giant Pandas in Captivity and in the Wild -- 6 NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE QINLlNG MOUNTAINS OF CHINA -- BRIEF REPORT 6.1: Spatial Memory in the Giant Panda -- 7 CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN GIANT PANDAS: EXPERIMENTATION AND APPLICATION -- BRIEF REPORT 7.1: Chemical Composition of Giant Panda Scent and Its Use in Communication -- 8 REPRODUCTION IN GIANT PANDAS: HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR -- PART THREE: PANDAS AND THEIR HABITAT -- 9 COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF GIANT PANDAS IN THE FIVE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN CHINA -- PANEL REPORT 9.1: Assessing the Habitat and Distribution of the Giant Panda: Methods and Issues -- BRIEF REPORT 9.1: Using DNA from Panda Fecal Matter to Study Wild-Living Populations -- 10 GIANT PANDA MIGRATION AND HABITAT UTILIZATION IN FOPING NATURE RESERVE, CHINA -- BRIEF REPORT 10.1: Noninvasive Techniques for Monitoring Giant Panda Behavior, Habitat Use, and Demographics -- 11 MAPPING HABITAT SUITABILITY FOR GIANT PANDAS IN FOPING NATURE RESERVE, CHINA.

PANEL REPORT 11.1: Restoring Giant Panda Habitat -- 12 SYMPATRY OF GIANT AND RED PANDAS ON YELE NATURAL RESERVE, CHINA -- 13 BALANCING PANDA AND HUMAN NEEDS FOR BAMBOO SHOOTS IN MABIAN NATURE RESERVE, CHINA: PREDICTIONS FROM A LOGISTIC-LIKE MODEL -- PANEL REPORT 13.1: Management of Giant Panda Reserves in China -- PART FOUR: GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION -- 14 A NEW PARADIGM FOR PANDA RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION: INTEGRATING ECOLOGY WITH HUMAN DEMOGRAPHICS, BEHAVIOR, AND SOCIOECONOMICS -- PANEL REPORT 14.1: China's National Plan for Conservation of the Giant Panda -- 15 BIOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING FUTURE EFFORTS IN GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION -- PANEL REPORT 15.1: National Survey of the Giant Panda -- 16 THE LEGACY OF EXTINCTION RISK: LESSONS FROM GIANT PANDAS AND OTHER THREATENED CARNIVORES -- PANEL REPORT 16.1: Reintroduction of Giant Pandas: An Update -- 17 BIOMEDICAL SURVEY OF CAPTIVE GIANT PANDAS: A CATALYST FOR CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS IN CHINA -- BRIEF REPORT 17.1: Conservation Education Initiatives in China: A Collaborative Project among Zoo Atlanta, Chengdu Zoo, and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding -- WORKSHOP REPORT 17.1: International Coordination and Cooperation in the Conservation of Giant Pandas -- CONCLUSION: CONSENSUS AND CHALLENGE: THE GIANT PANDA'S DAY IS NOW -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A. KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY FU MA -- APPENDIX B. KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MARSHALL JONES -- APPENDIX C. MEMORANDUM OF CONSENSUS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.