Vegetation correlates of gibbon density in the peat-swamp forest of the Sabangau Catchment, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 607-616

  Hamard, Marie ^a   Cheyne, Susan M ^b   Nijman, Vincent ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory sampling; Conservation; Habitat; Southern Bornean gibbon

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA ACQUISITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST COVER; HABITAT USE; NATIONAL PARK; PEATLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SAMPLING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SWAMP FOREST; VEGETATION COVER;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAPLORHINI; INDONESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; RIVER; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WETLAND;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HYLOBATES; INDONESIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; RIVERS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WETLANDS;

CENTRAL KALIMANTAN; INDONESIA; SEBANGAU NATIONAL PARK;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 77953350250     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20815     Document Type: Article

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