Importance of Small Forest Fragments in Agricultural Landscapes for Maintaining Orangutan Metapopulations

Importance of Small Forest Fragments in Agricultural Landscapes for Maintaining Orangutan Metapopulations

Historically, orangutans (Pongo spp.) lived in large contiguous areas of intact rainforest. Today, they are also found in highly modified and fragmented landscapes dominated by oil palm or industrial timber plantations; a situation that calls for new conservation approaches. Here we report signs of...

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Main Authors: Marc Ancrenaz, Felicity Oram, Nardiyono Nardiyono, Muhammad Silmi, Marcie E. M. Jopony, Maria Voigt, Dave J. I. Seaman, Julie Sherman, Isabelle Lackman, Carl Traeholt, Serge A. Wich, Truly Santika, Matthew J. Struebig, Erik Meijaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Subjects:
agricultural landscape
translocation
Borneo
oil palm
metapopulation
Pongo pygmaeus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.560944/full

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