Natural-licks use by orangutans and conservation of their habitats in Bornean tropical production forest

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-115

  Matsubayashi, Hisashi ^a   Ahmad, Abdul Hamid ^a   Wakamatsu, Nobuhiko ^b   Nakazono, Etsuko ^b   Takyu, Masaaki ^b   Majalap, Noreen ^c   Lagan, Peter ^c   Sukor, Jum Rafiah Abd ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^d SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Monitoring site; Pongo pygmaeus; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 79955696532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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