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Losing Ground but Still Doing Well — Tarsius dianae in Human-Altered Rainforests of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia

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Sulawesi, one of the largest islands of the Malay Archipelago, provides living space for a unique fauna and flora. The island is characterized by vast numbers of endemic plant and animal species originating from the Australian as well as the Oriental region. The destruction and degradation of rain forest habitats pose serious threats to wildlife around the tropical world. On Sulawesi, recent population growth, resettlements, and social unrest have severely added to this problem, hence many of the island’s endemic species face a highly unknown future.

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  1. Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Geography, Georg-August-University, Goldschmidtstr. 5, 37077, Göttingen, Germany

    Gerhard Gerold

  2. Institute for Socio-cultural Studies, Kassel University, Steinstr. 19, 37213, Witzenhausen, Germany

    Michael Fremerey

  3. Kantor Kerjasama Jerman, Gunung Gede, Bogor, Indonesia

    Edi Guhardja

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Merker, S., Yustian, I., Mühlenberg, M. (2004). Losing Ground but Still Doing Well — Tarsius dianae in Human-Altered Rainforests of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. In: Gerold, G., Fremerey, M., Guhardja, E. (eds) Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08237-9_17

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