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SUBMITTER: Martin-Wintle MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4682106 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martin-Wintle Meghan S MS Shepherdson David D Zhang Guiquan G Zhang Hemin H Li Desheng D Zhou Xiaoping X Li Rengui R Swaisgood Ronald R RR
Nature communications 20151215
Conservation breeding programmes have become an increasingly important tool to save endangered species, yet despite the allocation of significant resources, efforts to create self-sustaining populations have met with limited success. The iconic giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) embodies the struggles associated with ex situ species conservation. Here we show that behavioural mate preferences in giant pandas predict reproductive outcomes. Giant pandas paired with preferred partners have signif ...[more]