Adaptation of a captive-raised gibbon to the wild

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-39

  Cheyne, Susan M ^a   Brulé, Aurélien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kalaweit Care Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Borneo; Conservation; Gibbon; Hylobates agilis albibarbis; Rehabilitation; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAPLORHINI; INDONESIA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HYLOBATES; INDONESIA;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES AGILIS ALBIBARBIS; HYLOBATES SP.;

EID: 0345772202     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073430     Document Type: Article

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