圈养繁殖在大熊猫保护生物学中的作用

ROLE OF CAPTIVE BREEDING IN GIANT PANDA'S CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

栖息地的日益恶化、片段化和种群孤岛化已成为保护大熊猫的严重障碍。尽管就地保护濒危物种是最有希望的措施 ,但对于大熊猫而言 ,研究表明圈养繁殖也是保护这一极危物种的有效手段之一 ,对保护遗传多样性起到了重要作用 ,是延缓绝灭速率的保证。本文阐述了大熊猫圈养繁殖的必要性及其在保护生物学中的作用。

The necessity of giant pandas in captive breeding and its role played in conservation biology is elucidated in the paper. Much of evidence showed that increasingly aggravated and fragmental habitats and islanded population of the giant panda became a great barrier in its conservation. In general,preservation for endangered species in their original habitat may be a best measure. However,it has been proved by lots of scientific studies that captive breeding of giant panda is considered as one of the most effective measures for it plays an important role in genetic diversity conservation,and is a prime assurance to decrease the rate of its extinction.