Modeling Impacts of Climate Change on Giant Panda Habitat

Table 3

Fragmentation metrics for the current and future suitable habitat for giant panda based on the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling Analysis (CGCM3) and Hadley Center for Climate Modeling (HadCM3).

Range	Mean patch size (km^2)			Mean nearest neighbor (km^2)			Number of patches
	Current	CGCM3	HadCM3	Current	CGCM3	HadCM3	Current	CGCM3	HadCM3
Qinling	509	508	338	0.3	0.3	0.6	8	8	10
Minshan	863	46	75	1.2	1.2	1.5	14	55	63
Qionglai	468	5	32	0.8	0.7	1.7	14	88	68
Xiaoxiangling	286	7	11	5.5	3.2	6.5	6	7	12
Daxiangling	73	11	10	2.5	3.8	1.0	5	3	4
Liangshan	387	65	47	0.6	4.2	1.6	9	9	29
Total	505	67	38	1.5	1.2	1.8	56	170	186