Book contents
- Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene
- Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation of Cao Vit Gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) since Its Rediscovery
- 2 Conservation Status of the Northern Yellow-Cheeked Crested Gibbon (Nomascus annamensis) in Vietnam
- 3 Strategies for Recovery of the Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus)
- 4 Gibbons in the Anthropocene
- 5 Demography of a Stable Gibbon Population in High-Elevation Forest on Java
- 6 A Tale of Two Gibbon Studies in Thailand
- 7 Accessibility as a Factor for Selecting Conservation Actions for Pileated Gibbons (Hylobates pileatus)
- 8 Calling from the Wild
- 9 Demography and Group Dynamics of Western Hoolock Gibbons (Hoolock hoolock) in a Community Conserved Village Population in Upper Assam, India
- 10 Challenges and Prospects in the Conservation of Hoolock Gibbon in India
- 11 Gibbons of Assam
- 12 Movement Ecology of Siamang in a Degraded Dipterocarp Forest
- 13 Sympatric Gibbons in Historically Logged Forest in North Sumatra, Indonesia
- 14 Adopting an Interdisciplinary Biosocial Approach to Determine the Conservation Implications of the Human–Gibbon Interface
- 15 Listen to the People, Hear the Gibbons Sing
- 16 Long-Term Outcomes of Positive Cultural Value for Biodiversity
- 17 Gibbon Phylogenetics and Genomics
- 18 The Use of Microsatellites in the Management of Captive Gibbons
- Index
- References
Introduction
Overview of the Gibbons and the IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section on Small Apes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2023
Book contents
- Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene
- Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation of Cao Vit Gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) since Its Rediscovery
- 2 Conservation Status of the Northern Yellow-Cheeked Crested Gibbon (Nomascus annamensis) in Vietnam
- 3 Strategies for Recovery of the Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus)
- 4 Gibbons in the Anthropocene
- 5 Demography of a Stable Gibbon Population in High-Elevation Forest on Java
- 6 A Tale of Two Gibbon Studies in Thailand
- 7 Accessibility as a Factor for Selecting Conservation Actions for Pileated Gibbons (Hylobates pileatus)
- 8 Calling from the Wild
- 9 Demography and Group Dynamics of Western Hoolock Gibbons (Hoolock hoolock) in a Community Conserved Village Population in Upper Assam, India
- 10 Challenges and Prospects in the Conservation of Hoolock Gibbon in India
- 11 Gibbons of Assam
- 12 Movement Ecology of Siamang in a Degraded Dipterocarp Forest
- 13 Sympatric Gibbons in Historically Logged Forest in North Sumatra, Indonesia
- 14 Adopting an Interdisciplinary Biosocial Approach to Determine the Conservation Implications of the Human–Gibbon Interface
- 15 Listen to the People, Hear the Gibbons Sing
- 16 Long-Term Outcomes of Positive Cultural Value for Biodiversity
- 17 Gibbon Phylogenetics and Genomics
- 18 The Use of Microsatellites in the Management of Captive Gibbons
- Index
- References
Summary
Gibbons and siamangs (termed ‘gibbons’ hereafter) are members of the family Hylobatidae and are the smallest of the apes, distinguished by their coordinated duets, territorial songs, arm-swinging locomotion and small family group sizes. They are the most speciose of the apes with four extant genera (Hylobates, Hoolock, Symphalangus and Nomascus) distributed across East and Southeast Asia. Of the 20 species, 95 per cent are considered critically endangered or endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (Rawson et al., 2011; Fan and Bartlett, 2017; IUCN, 2021).
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