Determination of ape distribution and population size using ground and aerial surveys: A case study with orang-utans in lower Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia

Animal Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-385

  Ancrenaz, Marc ^a,b   Goossens, Benoit ^a,c,d   Gimenez, Olivier ^e   Sawang, Azri ^a   Lackman Ancrenaz, Isabelle ^a,f  

^a Kinabatangan Orangutan Conserv P   (Malaysia)

^b KOCP   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; HABITAT USE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRIMATE; SAMPLING BIAS;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KINABATANGAN RIVER; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 13444287459     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136794300400157X     Document Type: Article

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