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SCIENCE
Volume 292, Issue 5514, Pages 98-101Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1058104
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It is generally perceived that biodiversity is better protected from human activities after an area is designated as a protected area. However, we found that this common perception was not true in Wolong Nature Reserve (southwestern China), which was established in 1975 as a flagship protected area for the world-renowned endangered giant pandas. Analyses of remote sensing data from pre- and post-establishment periods indicate that the reserve has become more fragmented and less suitable for giant panda habitation. The rate of Loss of high-quality habitat after the reserve's establishment was much higher than before the reserve was created, and the fragmentation of high-quality habitat became far more severe. After the creation of the reserve, rates of habitat loss and fragmentation inside the reserve unexpectedly increased to levels that were;similar to or higher than those outside the reserve, in contrast to the situation before the reserve was created.
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