CITES proposal highlights rarity of Asian nocturnal primates (Lorisidae: Nycticebus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-214

  Nekaris, K A I ^a   Nijman, V ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; ASIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LORISIDAE;

LORIDAE; NYCTICEBUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 34547657754     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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