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Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa by Strona, Giovanni, Stringer, Simon D., Vieilledent, Ghislain, Szantoi, Zoltan, Garcia-Ulloa, John, Wich, Serge A.

“…Despite growing awareness about its detrimental effects on tropical biodiversity, land conversion to oil palm continues to increase rapidly as a consequence of…”
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Small Drones for Community-Based Forest Monitoring: An Assessment of Their Feasibility and Potential in Tropical Areas by Jaime Paneque-Gálvez, Michael K. McCall, Brian M. Napoletano, Serge A. Wich, Lian Pin Koh

“…Data gathered through community-based forest monitoring (CBFM) programs may be as accurate as those gathered by professional scientists, but acquired at a much…”
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Optimizing observing strategies for monitoring animals using drone-mounted thermal infrared cameras by Burke, Claire, Rashman, Maisie, Wich, Serge, Symons, Andy, Theron, Cobus, Longmore, Steve

“…The proliferation of relatively affordable off-the-shelf drones offers great opportunities for wildlife monitoring and conservation. Similarly the recent…”
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The historical range and drivers of decline of the Tapanuli orangutan by Meijaard, Erik, Ni'matullah, Safwanah, Dennis, Rona, Sherman, Julie, Onrizal, Wich, Serge A

“…The Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) is the most threatened great ape species in the world. It is restricted to an area of about 1,000 km2 of upland…”
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Ecological correlates of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) density in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania by Chitayat, Adrienne B, Wich, Serge A, Lewis, Matthew, Stewart, Fiona A, Piel, Alex K

“…Understanding the ecological factors that drive animal density patterns in time and space is key to devising effective conservation strategies. In Tanzania,…”
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Will Oil Palm’s Homecoming Spell Doom for Africa’s Great Apes? by Wich, Serge A., Garcia-Ulloa, John, Kühl, Hjalmar S., Humle, Tatanya, Lee, Janice S.H., Koh, Lian Pin

“…Expansion of oil palm plantations has led to extensive wildlife habitat conversion in Southeast Asia [1]. This expansion is driven by a global demand for palm…”
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Vocal fold control beyond the species-specific repertoire in an orang-utan by Lameira, Adriano R., Hardus, Madeleine E., Mielke, Alexander, Wich, Serge A., Shumaker, Robert W.

“…Vocal fold control was critical to the evolution of spoken language, much as it today allows us to learn vowel systems. It has, however, never been…”
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Mapping orangutan habitat and agricultural areas using Landsat OLI imagery augmented with unmanned aircraft system aerial photography by Szantoi, Zoltan, Smith, Scot E., Strona, Giovanni, Koh, Lian Pin, Wich, Serge A.

“…Conservation of the Sumatran orangutans' (Pongo abelii) habitat is threatened by change in land use/land cover (LULCC), due to the logging of its native…”
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Speech-like rhythm in a voiced and voiceless orangutan call by Lameira, Adriano R, Hardus, Madeleine E, Bartlett, Adrian M, Shumaker, Robert W, Wich, Serge A, Menken, Steph B J

“…The evolutionary origins of speech remain obscure. Recently, it was proposed that speech derived from monkey facial signals which exhibit a speech-like rhythm…”
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Orangutan populations are certainly not increasing in the wild by Meijaard, Erik, Sherman, Julie, Ancrenaz, Marc, Wich, Serge A., Santika, Truly, Voigt, Maria

“…A recent report, published by the Government of Indonesia with support from the Food and Agricultural Organization and Norway’s International Climate and…”
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Correction: Ecological correlates of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) density in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania by Chitayat, Adrienne B, Wich, Serge A, Lewis, Matthew, Stewart, Fiona A, Piel, Alex K

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246628.]…”
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Evaluating Thermal Infrared Drone Flight Parameters on Spider Monkey Detection in Tropical Forests by Pinel-Ramos, Eduardo José, Aureli, Filippo, Wich, Serge, Longmore, Steven, Spaan, Denise

“…Geoffroy's spider monkeys, an endangered, fast-moving arboreal primate species with a large home range and a high degree of fission-fusion dynamics, are…”
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An Evaluation of the Factors Affecting ‘Poacher’ Detection with Drones and the Efficacy of Machine-Learning for Detection by Doull, Katie E., Chalmers, Carl, Fergus, Paul, Longmore, Steve, Piel, Alex K., Wich, Serge A.

“…Drones are being increasingly used in conservation to tackle the illegal poaching of animals. An important aspect of using drones for this purpose is…”
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Understanding the impacts of land-use policies on a threatened species: is there a future for the Bornean orang-utan? by Wich, Serge A, Gaveau, David, Abram, Nicola, Ancrenaz, Marc, Baccini, Alessandro, Brend, Stephen, Curran, Lisa, Delgado, Roberto A, Erman, Andi, Fredriksson, Gabriella M, Goossens, Benoit, Husson, Simon J, Lackman, Isabelle, Marshall, Andrew J, Naomi, Anita, Molidena, Elis, Nardiyono, Nurcahyo, Anton, Odom, Kisar, Panda, Adventus, Purnomo, Rafiastanto, Andjar, Ratnasari, Dessy, Santana, Adi H, Sapari, Imam, van Schaik, Carel P, Sihite, Jamartin, Spehar, Stephanie, Santoso, Eddy, Suyoko, Amat, Tiju, Albertus, Usher, Graham, Atmoko, Sri Suci Utami, Willems, Erik P, Meijaard, Erik

“…The geographic distribution of Bornean orang-utans and its overlap with existing land-use categories (protected areas, logging and plantation concessions) is a…”
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The environmental impacts of palm oil in context by Meijaard, Erik, Brooks, Thomas M., Carlson, Kimberly M., Slade, Eleanor M., Garcia-Ulloa, John, Gaveau, David L. A., Lee, Janice Ser Huay, Santika, Truly, Juffe-Bignoli, Diego, Struebig, Matthew J., Wich, Serge A., Ancrenaz, Marc, Koh, Lian Pin, Zamira, Nadine, Abrams, Jesse F., Prins, Herbert H. T., Sendashonga, Cyriaque N., Murdiyarso, Daniel, Furumo, Paul R., Macfarlane, Nicholas, Hoffmann, Rachel, Persio, Marcos, Descals, Adrià, Szantoi, Zoltan, Sheil, Douglas

“…Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing demands on land between agriculture (SDG 2) and biodiversity (SDG 15). The production of…”
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Anticipated climate and land‐cover changes reveal refuge areas for Borneo's orang‐utans by Struebig, Matthew J, Fischer, Manuela, Gaveau, David L. A, Meijaard, Erik, Wich, Serge A, Gonner, Catherine, Sykes, Rachel, Wilting, Andreas, Kramer‐Schadt, Stephanie

“…Habitat loss and climate change pose a double jeopardy for many threatened taxa, making the identification of optimal habitat for the future a conservation…”
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High-resolution global map of smallholder and industrial closed-canopy oil palm plantations by Descals, AdriÃ, Wich, Serge, Meijaard, Erik, Gaveau, David L. A, Peedell, Stephen, Szantoi, Zoltan

“…Oil seed crops, especially oil palm, are among the most rapidly expanding agricultural land uses, and their expansion is known to cause significant…”
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Analysis of deforestation and protected area effectiveness in Indonesia: A comparison of Bayesian spatial models by Brun, Cyrille, Cook, Alex R., Lee, Janice Ser Huay, Wich, Serge A., Koh, Lian Pin, Carrasco, Luis R.

“…•Biodiversity-focused protected areas do not slow down deforestation in Indonesia.•Logging concessions and forest plantations slow down…”
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Grouping behavior of Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) and Tapanuli orangutans (Pongo tapanuliensis) living in forest with low fruit abundance by Roth, Tom S., Rianti, Puji, Fredriksson, Gabriella M., Wich, Serge A., Nowak, Matthew G.

“…In contrast to the African great apes, orangutans (Pongo spp.) are semisolitary: Individuals are often on their own, but form aggregations more often than…”
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Detecting spider monkeys from the sky using a high-definition RGB camera: a rapid-assessment survey method? by Spaan, Denise, Di Fiore, Anthony, Rangel-Rivera, Coral E., Hutschenreiter, Anja, Wich, Serge, Aureli, Filippo

“…Commercial, off-the-shelf, multirotor drones are increasingly employed to survey wildlife due to their relative ease of use and ability to cover areas quicker…”
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