Fire, demography and the persistence of siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus: Hylobatidae) in a Sumatran rainforest

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-121

  O'Brien, Timothy G ^a   Kinnaird, Margaret F ^a   Nurcahyo, Anton ^a   Prasetyaningrum, Maya ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^a  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society Bogor   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; MORTALITY; PRIMATE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WILDFIRE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES SYNDACTYLUS; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 1642354619     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003159     Document Type: Article

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