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Creative conservation in China: releasing captive giant pandas into the wild

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This work received financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31900337; 31670530), Ministry of Science and Technology (2016YFC0503200), and Fundamental Research Funds of China West Normal University (18B025; 18Q040).

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    Mingsheng Hong, Wei Wei, Hong Zhou, Junfeng Tang, Han Han & Zejun Zhang

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Hong, M., Wei, W., Zhou, H. et al. Creative conservation in China: releasing captive giant pandas into the wild. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 31548–31549 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06384-4

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