Understanding the Impacts of Land-Use Policies on a Threatened Species: Is There a Future for the Bornean Orang-utan?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Wich, Serge A ^a   Gaveau, David ^b   Abram, Nicola ^c   Ancrenaz, Marc ^d,e,f   Baccini, Alessandro ^g   Brend, Stephen ^h   Curran, Lisa ^i,j   Delgado, Roberto A ^k   Erman, Andi ^l   Fredriksson, Gabriella M ^m,n   Goossens, Benoit ^o,p   Husson, Simon J ^q   Lackman, Isabelle ^d,e   Marshall, Andrew J ^r   Naomi, Anita ^m   Molidena, Elis ^b   Nardiyono, ^s,t   Nurcahyo, Anton ^s,u   Odom, Kisar ^u   Panda, Adventus ^v   Purnomo, ^t   Rafiastanto, Andjar ^s,w   Ratnasari, Dessy ^s   Santana, Adi H ^x   Sapari, Imam ^s   van Schaik, Carel P ^y   Sihite, Jamartin ^s   Spehar, Stephanie ^z   Santoso, Eddy ^s   Suyoko, Amat ^u   Tiju, Albertus ^s,v   Usher, Graham ^m   Atmoko, Sri Suci Utami ^s,x   Willems, Erik P ^y   Meijaard, Erik ^aa,ab,ac   more..

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^e Hutan Kinabatangan Orang utan Conservation Program   (Malaysia)

^f CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^g WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h Orangutan Foundation   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Stanford University   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l GFA/KWF Kapuas Hulu Program   (Indonesia)

^m Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme PanEco YEL   (Indonesia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^o Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary   (Malaysia)

^p CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA   (Indonesia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s The Nature Conservancy ^*  (Indonesia)

^t THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^u Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF)   (Indonesia)

^v WWF Indonesia   (Indonesia)

^w Fauna and Flora International Indonesia Programme   (Indonesia)

^x Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^aa Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^ac AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLOODING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; LAND USE; LOGGING; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PLANTATION; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BORNEO; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PONGO PYGMAEUS; TREES;

ELAEIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84868684232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049142     Document Type: Article

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