A simple alternative to line transects of nests for estimating orangutan densities

Primates

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-254

  van Schaik, Carel P ^a   Wich, Serge A ^b   Utami, Sri Suci ^c   Odom, Kisar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

^d Kantor Mawas ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Census; Methods; Plot counts; Pongo

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; INDONESIA; METHODOLOGY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; CENSUSES; ECOLOGY; INDONESIA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERRITORIALITY;

ASIA; BORNEO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

ANTHROPOIDEA; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 27744465514     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0134-z     Document Type: Article

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