A survey of the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) population in and around Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia based on nest counts

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 495-507

  Johnson, Andrea E ^a   Knott, Cheryl D ^a   Pamungkas, Bhayu ^b   Pasaribu, Monalisa ^c   Marshall, Andrew J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c TANJUNGPURA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Borneo; Census methodology; Nest counts; Orangutan; Population density

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; NEST; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUNUNG PALUNG NATIONAL PARK; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST KALIMANTAN;

ANTHROPOIDEA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 4444302145     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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