The processes for releasing a zoo-bred Sumatran orang-utan Pongo abelii at Bukit Tigapuluh National Park, Jambi, Sumatra

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-189

  Cocks, L ^a   Bullo, K ^a  

^a Perth Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive bred; Orang utan; Release; Sumatra; Zoo

Indexed keywords

PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII;

EID: 41849122739     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2007.00031.x     Document Type: Review

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