Saved from trade: Donated and confiscated gibbons in zoos and rescue centres in Indonesia

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-157

  Nijman, Vincent ^a   Martinez, Cho fui Yang ^a   Shepherd, Chris R ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRAFFIC Southeast Asia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CITES; Conservation; Hylobatidae; Reintroduction; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

CITES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PRIMATE; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; ZOO;

INDONESIA;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATES AGILIS; HYLOBATES KLOSSII; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATES MOLOCH; HYLOBATES MUELLERI; HYLOBATIDAE; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 77952279636     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00218     Document Type: Article

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