Mapping perceptions of species' threats and population trends to inform conservation efforts: The Bornean orangutan case study

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 487-499

  Abram, Nicola K ^a,b,c,d,e   Meijaard, Erik ^a,e,f,g   Wells, Jessie A ^b   Ancrenaz, Marc ^c,e,h   Pellier, Anne Sophie ^d,e,f   Runting, Rebecca K ^b   Gaveau, David ^f   Wich, Serge ^i,j   Nardiyono, ^k   Tjiu, Albertus ^l   Nurcahyo, Anton ^g   Mengersen, Kerrie ^m  

^a Living Landscape Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HUTAN Kinabatangan Orang utan Conservation Programme   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

^f CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agri   (Indonesia)

^l WWF Indonesia   (Indonesia)

^m QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Boosted regression tree modelling; Conservation planning; Indonesian Borneo; Mapping human wildlife conflict and hunting; Mapping population trends; Questionnaire surveys

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION RISK; HOMINID; MAPPING METHOD; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

BORNEO; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

ELAEIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84926689145     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12286     Document Type: Article

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