Status of the long-tailed macaque macaca fascicularis in Singapore and implications for management

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2909-2926

  Sha, John Chih Mun ^a,b   Gumert, Michael D ^c   Lee, Benjamin P Y H ^a   Fuentes, Agustin ^d   Rajathurai, Subaraj ^e   Chan, Sharon ^a   Jones Engel, Lisa ^f  

^a National Parks Board   (Singapore)

^b Wildlife Reserves Singapore ^*  (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e Strix Wildlife Consultancy   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Human macaque conflict; Primate populations; Singapore; Wild life management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 70350617816     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9616-4     Document Type: Article

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