Lack of conservation effort rapidly increases african great ape extinction risk

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-55

  Tranquilli, Sandra ^a,b   Abedi Lartey, Michael ^c   Amsini, Fidéle ^d   Arranz, Luis ^e   Asamoah, Augustus ^f   Babafemi, Ogunjemite ^g   Barakabuye, Nsengiyunva ^d   Campbell, Geneviéve ^b   Chancellor, Rebecca ^h,i   Davenport, Tim R B ^d   Dunn, Andrew ^d   Dupain, Jef ^j   Ellis, Christina ^k   Etoga, Gilles ^l   Furuichi, Takeshi ^l,m   Gatti, Sylvain ^l   Ghiurghi, Andrea ^l   Greengrass, Elisabeth ⁿ   Hashimoto, Chie ^m,o   Hart, John ^p   Herbinger, Ilka ^q   Hicks, Thurston C ^b,r   Holbech, Lars H ^s   Huijbregts, Bas ^l   Imong, Inaoyom ^b,d   Kumpel, Noelle ^t   Maisels, Fiona ^d,u   Marshall, Phil ^l   Nixon, Stuart ^t   Normand, Emmanuelle ^q   Nziguyimpa, Léonidas ^v   Nzooh Dogmo, Zacharie ^l   Okon, David Tiku ^l   Plumptre, Andrew ^d   Rundus, Aaron ^h,w   Sunderland Groves, Jacqueline ^d   Todd, Angelique ^l   Warren, Ymke ^d   Mundry, Roger ^b   Boesch, Christophe ^b   Kuehl, Hjalmar ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e Garamba National Park   (Congo)

^f Ghana Wildlife Society   (Ghana)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^h Great Ape Trust   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^l World Wide Fund for Nature ^*  (Ghana)

^m KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group   (United States)

^o Kalinzu Forest Project   (Uganda)

^p Tshuapa Lomami Lualaba Project   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^q Wild Chimpanzee Foundation   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^t Zoological Society of   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^v Institut National Pour l'Environnement et la Conservation de la Nature   (Burundi)

^w WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

African great apes; Evidence based conservation; Extinction risk; Law enforcement; Nongovernmental organizations; Research; Resource management areas; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867404676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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