Andrés Viña,^* Xiaodong Chen,^** William J. McConnell,^*** Wei Liu,^**** Weihua Xu,^***** Zhiyun Ouyang,^****** Hemin Zhang,^******* Jianguo Liu<sup>********


*</sup>Andrés Viña () is an Academic Specialist (Research) at the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University. His research interests include remote sensing, wildlife habitat monitoring, and biodiversity conservation. Address: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, 1405 S. Harrison Road, Suite 115 Manly Miles Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA. e-mail: vina@msu.edu
^**Xiaodong Chen is a Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Harvard University. His research interests include human—environment interactions, systems modeling and simulation, and conservation biology. Address: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, 1405 S. Harrison Road, Suite 115 Manly Miles Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA. e-mail: chenxia2@msu.edu
^***William J. McConnell is the Associate Director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University. His research interests include integration of human and natural systems and sustainability science. Address: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, 1405 S. Harrison Road, Suite 115 Manly Miles Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA. e-mail: mcconn64@msu.edu
^****Wei Liu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University. His research interests include human—nature interactions, impacts of tourism on natural systems, and biodiversity conservation. Address: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, 1405 S. Harrison Road, Suite 115 Manly Miles Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA. e-mail: liuwei3@msu.edu
^*****Weihua Xu is an Associate Professor at the State Key Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include wildlife habitat monitoring, biodiversity conservation, and GIS applications in environmental research. Address: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China, e-mail: xuweihua@rcees.ac.cn
^******Zhiyun Ouyang is Professor and Director, State Key Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include ecosystem services, ecosystem assessment and ecological planning, biodiversity conservation, and GIS applications in ecology and environmental research. Address: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China, e-mail: zyouyang@rcees.ac.cn
^*******Hemin Zhang is Director of Wolong Nature Reserve, China. His research interests include giant panda biology and nature reserve management. Address: China's Center for Giant Panda Research and Conservation, Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan, Wenchuan, China. e-mail: wolong_zhm@126.com
^********Jianguo Liu is Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, University Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University. His research interests include sustainability and systems integration (integration of ecology with social sciences and policy). Address: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, 1405 S. Harrison Road, Suite 115 Manly Miles Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA. e-mail: jliu@panda.msu.edu