Degradation of tropical forest in Hainan, China, 1991-2008: Conservation implications for Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1397-1404

  Zhang, Mingxia ^a,b   Fellowes, John R ^c,d   Jiang, Xuelong ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Chan, Bosco P L ^c   Ren, Guopeng ^a   Zhu, Jianguo ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden   (China)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fragmentation; Gibbon; Habitat; Nomascus hainanus; Remote sensing image

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST COVER; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURE RESERVE; PRIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATE ROLE; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CHINA; HAINAN;

EID: 77954816005     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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