Aerial surveys give new estimates for orangutans in Sabah, Malaysia.
Great apes are threatened with extinction, but precise information about the distribution and size of most populations is currently lacking. We conducted orangutan nest counts in the Malaysian state of Sabah (North Borneo), using a combination of ground and helicopter surveys, and provided a way to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC534813?pdf=render |