Original habitat of animal species is being destroyed at an accelerating rate. This is usually
associated with an alteration of the remaining habitat, which becomes degraded and/or …

Tropical peat swamp forest is a unique ecosystem that is most extensive in Southeast Asia,
where it is under enormous threat from logging, fire, and land conversion. Recent research …

Southeast Asia experiences one of the highest rates of deforestation in the tropics due to
agricultural expansion, logging, habitat fragmentation and urbanization, which are expected …

Unsustainable exploitation of natural resources is increasingly affecting the highly
biodiverse tropics [1, 2]. Although rapid developments in remote sensing technology have …

In recognition of the fact that orang-utans (Pongo spp.) are severely threatened, a meeting of
orang-utan experts and conservationists, representatives of national and regional …

From the website: The IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group is publishing new guidelines for
surveys and monitoring of great ape populations. These guidelines address a need which …

This book describes one of our closest relatives, the orangutan, and the only extant great
ape in Asia. It is increasingly clear that orangutan populations show extensive variation in …

While much can be learned about primates by means of observation, the slow life history of
many primates means that even decades of dedicated effort cannot illuminate long-term …

Intersexual conflicts over mating can engender antagonistic coevolution of strategies, such
as coercion by males and selective resistance by females. Orangutans are exceptional …

High concentrations of orangutans remain in the multiple-use forests of the Lower
Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia. Compared to primary forest, the habitat is highly …