Field surveys of the Vulnerable pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus using local knowledge in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia

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Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-142

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project   (Laos)

Author keywords

Bunong; Cambodia; hunting; local ecological knowledge; Nycticebus pygmaeus; pygmy slow loris

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIELD METHOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HUNTING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; SURVEY; VULNERABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CAMBODIA; MONDOL KIRI;

LORIDAE; LORIS; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79952978633     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001316     Document Type: Article

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