Orang-utan nest surveys: The devil is in the details

ORYX

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-418

  Marshall, Andrew J ^a   Meijaard, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nest survey; Orang utan; Pongo; Population estimate

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NEST; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRIMATE;

HOMINIDAE; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 74049089707     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309001513     Document Type: Article

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