Indonesian Primates

The orangutan, in its Sumatran and Bornean forms, is the only Asian great ape; yet in Borneo, Sugardito and Adhikerana nest densities are severely threatened by logging activity, especially at national park boundaries. The authors highlight the effectiveness of community-based patrolling as a protec...

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Other Authors: Gursky-Doyen, Sharon (Editor), Supriatna, Jatna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Indonesia’s Apes
  • Measuring Performance of Orangutan Protection and Monitoring Unit: Implications for Species Conservation
  • Communication, Culture and Conservation in Orangutans
  • The Natural History of Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
  • Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch): Population and Conservation
  • Siamang Socioecology in Spatiotemporally Heterogenous Landscapes: Do “Typical” Groups Exist?
  • Impact of Forest Fragmentation on Ranging and Home Range of Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) and Agile Gibbons (Hylobates agilis)
  • Behavioural Ecology of Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in a Degraded Peat-Swamp Forest
  • Effect of Habitat Quality on Primate Populations in Kalimantan: Gibbons and Leaf Monkeys as Case Studies
  • Indonesia’s Monkeys
  • Predator Recognition in the Absence of Selection
  • The Relationship Between Nonhuman Primate Densities and Vegetation on the Pagai, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia
  • Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus): Bio-ecology and Conservation
  • Pests, Pestilence, and People: The Long-Tailed Macaque and Its Role in the Cultural Complexities of Bali
  • The Not-So-Sacred Monkeys of Bali: A Radiographic Study of Human-Primate Commensalism
  • Male–Male Affiliation in Sulawesi Tonkean Macaques
  • Ecology and Conservation of the Hose’s Langur Group (Colobinae: Presbytis hosei, P. canicrus, P. sabana): A Review
  • Thomas Langurs: Ecology, Sexual Conflict and Social Dynamics
  • Dominance and Reciprocity in the Grooming Relationships of Female Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Indonesia
  • Selamatkan Yaki! Conservation of Sulawesi Crested Black Macaques Macaca nigra
  • Indonesia’s Prosimians
  • The Function of Scentmarking in Spectral Tarsiers
  • The Population Ecology of Dian’s Tarsier
  • Using Facial Markings to Unmask Diversity: The Slow Lorises (Primates: Lorisidae: Nycticebus spp.) of Indonesia
  • Conclusions