RETRACTED: The Spatiotemporal Evolution of Ecosystem Services in the Minshan Section of the Giant Panda National Park and Its Response to Landscape Pattern Changes

Nuosi Li^1,2, Mei Wang^1,2, Yuanyuan Wang^1,2, Xinya Zhou^1,2, Youyou Huang^1,2*

¹Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, Ministry of Education, Nanchong, China.
²College of Life Sciences, China West Normal University, Nanchong, China.

DOI: 10.4236/gep.2025.134019                

Abstract

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Keywords

Landscape Pattern, Ecosystem Services, Giant Panda National Park

Conflicts of Interest

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