Exploring cultural drivers for wildlife trade via an ethnoprimatological approach: A case study of slender and slow lorises (Loris and Nycticebus) in South and Southeast Asia

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 877-886

  Nekaris, K A I ^a   Shepherd, C R ^a,b   Starr, C R ^a,c   Nijman, V ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRAFFIC Southeast Asia   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

CITES; Lorisidae; Participatory approach; Pet trade; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CITES; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CULTURAL TRADITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; EXPORT; HABITAT LOSS; MITIGATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LORISIDAE; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; LORISIDAE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; LORIDAE; LORIS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; NYCTICEBUS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 77957043513     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20842     Document Type: Article

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