Recent surveys in the forests of Ulu Segama Malua, Sabah, Malaysia, show that Orang-utans (P. p. morio) can be maintained in slightly logged forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ancrenaz, Marc ^a,b,c   Ambu, Laurentius ^b   Sunjoto, Indra ^d   Ahmad, Eddie ^a   Manokaran, Kennesh ^a   Meijaard, Erik ^e   Lackman, Isabelle ^a,f  

^a Hutan   (Malaysia)

^b SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^c CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^d Sabah Forestry Department   (Malaysia)

^e Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

^f Pittsburgh Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LOGGING; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; TREE;

HOMINIDAE; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MALAYSIA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; TREES;

EID: 77955362397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011510     Document Type: Article

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