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.