Within the UDR, there were 44 giant panda related nature reserves in
five mountains, totaling 24,290km2. Relative to these
PAs, 20,834km2 (26.22%) of the area they comprise was
located in the UDR. Thus, 86.95% of the PAs protected 40.3% of takin
suitable habitat in Sichuan (Table 2), with an average patch size of
240.4 ±36.2 km2. Among these five mountains, Minshan
and Qionglai covered 35.8% suitable habitat and 88.83% of all the area
contributed by PAs. By contrast, Daxiangling, Xiaoxiangling and
Liangshan contributed less than 1% suitable takin habitat. The nature
reserve
that comprised the largest suitable habitat area was Wolong in Qionglai
Province (4.86%, 1,195km2), following by Baodinggou
(3.2%, 788 km2), Baiyang (2.36%,
581km2) and Xuebaoding (2.34%,
573km2).
Figure4. Suggested updated takin distribution range (UDR) in Sichuan,
China
Table 2 The contributions of protected areas to takin distribution and
suitable habitat in the five mountain ranges occupied by takin in
Sichuan Province. Percentages indicate the proportion in each mountain
relative to the total in Sichuan.