Unexpected ecological resilience in Bornean orangutans and implications for pulp and paper plantation management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Meijaard, Erik ^a,b   Albar, Guillaume ^c   Nardiyono, ^d   Rayadin, Yaya ^e,f   Ancrenaz, Marc ^g   Spehar, Stephanie ^a  

^a Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Société d'Ornithologie de Polyné sie   (French Polynesia)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MULAWARMAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^g University of Wisconsin ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXOTIC SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; ORANG UTAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PULP MILL; SCRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL TIME; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TREE;

ACACIA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; PONGO PYGMAEUS; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES;

EID: 77958456577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012813     Document Type: Article

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