Conservation implications of low encounter rates of five nocturnal primate species (Nycticebus spp.) in Asia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 733-747

  Nekaris, K A I ^a   Blackham, G V ^a   Nijman, V ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central Kalimantan; Cryptic species; Lorisidae; Nycticebus menagensis; Sebangau; Slow loris; Strepsirrhini

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VOCALIZATION;

ASIA; BORNEO; CENTRAL KALIMANTAN; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SEBANGAU NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

LORIDAE; NYCTICEBUS; NYCTICEBUS BENGALENSIS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 41149112439     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9308-x     Document Type: Article

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