Challenges and opportunities of primate rehabilitation - Gibbons as a case study

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-165

  Cheyne, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gibbon; Hylobates; Primate; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation debate; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

BLACK MARKET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRAGMENTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIMATE; REINTRODUCTION; TRADE RELATIONS;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 77952279855     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00216     Document Type: Article

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