Trialling exudate-based enrichment efforts to improve the welfare of rescued slow lorises Nycticebus spp.

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-29

  Gray, A E ^a,b   Wirdateti, ^c   Nekaris, K A I ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Save the Chimps Inc   (United States)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Captive management; Conservation; Exudativory; Illegal wildlife trade; Primates

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORTALITY; PRIMATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

ANIMALIA; LORIDAE; NYCTICEBUS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; PRIMATES;

EID: 84922655762     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00654     Document Type: Article

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