Wild-training II conditions
The larger wild-training II
facilities were located at the Tiantaishan Base, Wolong, Sichuan
(31°1′N, 103°34′E), were about 1.4 km2 wide and lacked
visitation by tourists. The wild training II area was constructed with
steel plates and a barbed-wire fence, with a stream flowing throughout
the areas. At the Tiantaishan Base, the bamboo species Fargesia
robusta , and Bashania faberi are the dominant food sources of
giant pandas, with the former comprising 72.2% and 20.4% of the
vegetation respectively. Some of Yushania brevipaniculatainterspersed among Fargesia robusta bamboo forest.
The
base is a temperate deciduous forest at an altitude of about
2,070–2,140 m. The wild-training II area exhibits high biodiversity,
and is a similar habitat to those occupied by wild giant pandas in the
Wolong National Natural Reserve. Each giant panda was housed in a
separate wild-training II area.