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The primate extinction crisis in China: immediate challenges and a way forward

2018-11-01

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China is facing an unprecedented set of challenges in balancing the effects of economic development and global climate change with environmental protection and maintaining biodiversity. Although positive steps have been undertaken to remedy this situation, currently 80% of China’s 25 extant primate species are threatened, 15–18 species have population sizes of less than 3000 individuals, and two species of gibbons...

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Literature Corpus work: faed52ce-d9f7-586c-90cc-547f88ab145d
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-018-1614-y

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