ABSTRACT 1 Almost 50% of primate species are in danger of becoming extinct, according
to the criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of …

Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea is among the important places in Africa for the conservation
of primates, but a cultural preference for bushmeat and a lack of effective law enforcement …

Summary 1 Habitat loss and fragmentation are the principal causes of the loss of biological
diversity. In addition, parasitic diseases are an emerging threat to many animals …

The Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) is one of the most endangered primates in the
world, confined to mature natural forest in Hainan Island, China. We assessed changes in …

Bushmeat hunting is threatening wildlife populations across west-central Africa, and now
poses a greater threat to primates than habitat loss or degradation does in some areas …

The severe declines in forest cover on Sumatra and adjacent islands have been well-
documented but that has not slowed the rate of forest loss. Here we present recent data on …

Understanding how biodiversity will respond to climate change is a major challenge in
conservation science. Climatic changes are likely to impose serious threats to many …

Almost half of the world's extant primate species are of conservation concern [IUCN,
International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, 2008] …

The effect of anthropogenic landscape change on disease in wildlife populations represents
a growing conservation and public health concern. Red colobus monkeys (Procolobus …

We investigated the effects of anthropogenic habitat degradation on group size, ranging,
fecundity, and parasite dynamics in four groups of the Tana River mangabey (Cercocebus …