Seasonal movements in the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus abelii) and consequences for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-87

  Buij, R ^a   Wich, S A ^a   Lubis, A H ^b,c   Sterck, E H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

^c Leuser Management Unit   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Orangutan; Pongo pygmeaus; Population densities; Seasonal movements

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY;

INDONESIA;

ANTHROPOIDEA; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII;

EID: 0036269702     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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