Use of limestone karst forests by Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in the Sangkulirang Peninsula, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 212-219

  Marshall, Andrew J ^a,b   Salas, Leonardo A ^c   Stephens, Suzette ^d   Nardiyono, ^b   Engström, Linda ^b   Meijaard, Erik ^b   Stanley, Scott A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Papua New Guinea)

^d Melanesia Program ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Limestone karst forest; Nest survey transects; Pongo pygmaeus morio

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; NESTEDNESS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSECT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; INDONESIA; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INDONESIA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; POPULATION DENSITY; THEALES; TREES;

ASIA; EAST KALIMANTAN; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; SANGKULIRANG PENINSULA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 33846897202     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20341     Document Type: Article

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