The status of the Sumatran orang-utan Pongo abelii: An update

ORYX

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-54

  Wich, S A ^a   Singleton, I ^b   Utami Atmoko, S S ^a,c   Geurts, M L ^a   Rijksen, H D ^d   Van Schaik, C P ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme   (Indonesia)

^c Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

^d Federation for International Nature Protection   (Netherlands)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Lake Toba; Orang utan; Pongo abelii; Primates; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; PRIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; LAKE TOBA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 3543118949     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605303000115     Document Type: Review

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