Peat swamp forest supports high primate densities on Siberut Island, Sumatra, Indonesia

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Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-151

  Quinten, Marcel C ^a,c   Waltert, Matthias ^a   Syamsuri, Fauzan ^b   Hodges, J Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Siberut Conservation Programme   (Indonesia)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hylobates klossii; Line transect survey; Macaca siberu; Peat swamp forest; Population density; Presbytis potenziani; Siberut; Simias concolor

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LINE TRANSECT; PEATLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SWAMP FOREST;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MENTAWAI ISLANDS; SIBERUT; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WEST SUMATRA;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES KLOSSII; MACACA; NASALIS CONCOLOR; PRESBYTIS POTENZIANI; PRIMATES; SUIDAE;

EID: 77952481539     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990718     Document Type: Article

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