Primate crop-raiding: A study of local perceptions in four villages in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Primate Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-116

  Marchal, Valerie ^a   Hill, Catherine ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop raiding; Human wildlife conflict; Primate; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PRESBYTIS THOMASI; PRIMATES; SCIURIDAE; SUIDAE; TRACHYPITHECUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950470246     PISSN: 08986207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1896/052.024.0109     Document Type: Article

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