Traditional use of slow lorises Nycticebus bengalensis and N. pygmaeus in Cambodia: An impediment to their conservation

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Starr, Carly ^a   Nekaris, K A I ^b   Streicher, Ulrike ^c   Leung, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project   (Laos)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Conservation; Interview; Slow loris; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MEDICINE; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDFIRE;

CAMBODIA; PHNOM PENH;

ANIMALIA; LORIDAE; LORIS; NYCTICEBUS BENGALENSIS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 77955100368     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00285     Document Type: Article

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