Hainan black-crested gibbon is headed for extinction

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 453-465

  Zhou, Jiang ^a,b   Wei, Fuwen ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Zhang, Jianfeng ^c   Wang, Deli ^b   Pan, Ruliang ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Hainan Bawangling National Nature Reserve   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution shrinking; Habitat deterioration; Hainan black crested gibbon

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; WORLD;

HYLOBATES CONCOLOR; HYLOBATES SP.; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 17444419427     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-2933-x     Document Type: Article

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