Conservation of the Javan gibbon Hylobates moloch: Population estimates, local extinctions, and conservation priorities

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 271-280

  Nijman, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Census methods; Hylobatidae; Indonesia; Java; Primate; Silvery gibbon; Trade

Indexed keywords

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATES MOLOCH; HYLOBATES SP.; HYLOBATIDAE; MOLOCH; PRIMATES;

EID: 4544224274     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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