Rapid assessment of orangutan density

Biological Conservation

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-113

  Buij, R ^a   Singleton, I ^b   Krakauer, E ^c   Van Schaik, C P ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Sumatran Orangutan Conserv Prog   (Indonesia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nest census; Orangutan; Pongo sp.; Rapid density assessment; Shortcut nest decay rate estimate

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO SP.;

EID: 0041924765     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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