Diet and ranging behavior of the endangered Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) in a submontane tropical rainforest

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-280

  Kim, Sanha ^a,b   Lappan, Susan ^b,c   Choe, Jae C ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Diet; Home range size; Intraspecific variation; Javan gibbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGGRESSION; ALTITUDE; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; HOME RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; RANGE EXPANSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; INDONESIA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HYLOBATES; INDONESIA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GUNUNG HALIMUN NATIONAL PARK; INDONESIA; WEST JAVA;

HYLOBATES; HYLOBATES MOLOCH; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 79251530496     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20893     Document Type: Article

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