Population status of the Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) in the Sebangau peat swamp forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-152

  Morrogh Bernard, H ^a   Husson, S ^a   Page, S E ^b   Rieley, J O ^c  

^a University of Leicester ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Kalimantan; Nest count survey; Orang utan; Peat swamp forest; Population estimate

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT LOSS; NEST; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRIMATE; SWAMP FOREST;

INDONESIA;

ANTHROPOIDEA; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0037355143     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00186-6     Document Type: Article

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