Our findings indicate that red panda prefer less disturbed habitats but will occupy human disturbed areas.
Krishna Prasad Acharya, Saroj Shrestha, Prakash Kumar Paudel, Ang Phuri Sherpa, ShantRaj Jnawali, Sakshi Acharya, Damber Bista 2018, 'Pervasive human disturbance on habitats of endangered red panda Ailurus fulgens inthe central Himalaya', Global Ecology and Conservationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418300970. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Overall, our study provides a deeper understanding of the gut biogeography of the red panda microbial population.
Yan Zeng, Dong Zeng, Yi Zhou, Lili Niu, Jiabo Deng, Yang Li, Yang Pu, Yicen Lin, ShuaiXu, Qian Liu, Lvchen Xiong, Mengjia Zhou, Kangcheng Pan, Bo Jing, Xueqin Ni 2018, 'Microbial Biogeography Along the Gastrointestinal Tract of a Red Panda', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01411/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation along with poaching are the most pressing anthropogenic threats to red panda conservation.
Krishna Prasad Acharya, Saroj Shrestha, Prakash Kumar Paudel, Ang Phuri Sherpa, ShantRaj Jnawali, Sakshi Acharya, Damber Bista 2018, 'Pervasive human disturbance on habitats of endangered red panda Ailurus fulgens inthe central Himalaya', Global Ecology and Conservationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418300970. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)