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Project hunt: an assessment of wildlife hunting practices by local community in Chizami, Nagaland, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2015
Hunting is suggested as a major threat to Indian wildlife, especially in the northeastern states. In Nagaland hunting has a traditional and cultural significance, which should be taken into consideration by conservation efforts.
Erekhrou Naro   +20 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Changes in suitable habitat for the critically endangered Northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) in the Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam: Implication for conservation [PDF]

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2023
Several recent studies have highlighted that change in land use and land cover (LULC) is the main threat causing the decline and extinction of certain species.
Khoa Van Phung   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The syntax and meaning of wild gibbon songs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Spoken language is a result of the human capacity to assemble simple vocal units into more complex utterances, the basic carriers of semantic information. Not much is known about the evolutionary origins of this behaviour.
Esther Clarke   +9 more
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Case report: tularaemia in a white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), Germany

open access: yesInternational Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine, 2023
In 2021, a white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) succumbed to illness shortly after transfer from one zoo to another in Germany, due to Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica infection. To determine the source of infection, whole genome sequencing of the
Calvin Mehl   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A chromosomal inversion unique to the northern white-cheeked gibbon. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2009
The gibbon family belongs to the superfamily Hominoidea and includes 15 species divided into four genera. Each genus possesses a distinct karyotype with chromosome numbers varying from 38 to 52.
Lucia Carbone   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bipedal locomotion in zoo apes: Revisiting the hylobatian model for bipedal origins

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences, 2022
Bipedal locomotion is a hallmark of being human. Yet the body form from which bipedalism evolved remains unclear. Specifically, the positional behaviour (i.e. orthograde vs. pronograde) and the length of the lumbar spine (i.e. long and mobile vs.
Kyle H. Rosen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gibbon all’italiana: The Italian Restoration Edition of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

open access: yesCromohs: Cyber Review of Modern Historiography, 2022
This article deals with the various forms of manipulation that the Italian edition of Gibbon's masterpiece demanded in the frame of Restoration Italy. The first edition of the Italian translation from Tuscany is considered too, in order to display how ...
Maria Pia Casalena
doaj   +1 more source

Status and distribution of hoolock gibbon in the newly established Indawgyi Biosphere Reserve: Implication for protected area management

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Protected areas are an important tool for conserving biodiversity, if they are managed appropriately. The effectiveness of protected area management can be evaluated by understanding the conservation status of indicator species.
Ngwe Lwin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gibbon paintings in China, Japan, and Korea: Historical distribution, production rate and context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Gibbons (the small apes of the family Hylobatidae) occupied in the past and still occupy today an important niche in Chinese – and for some time also in Japanese and Korean – cultures. Their importance can be assessed in the frequent depiction of gibbons
Geissmann, T
core   +2 more sources

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