Table 3

Gibbon density and percentage of important food trees and dipterocarps.

Site
% of trees in important species list
Gibbons/km2
% Dipterocarps
Gibbons/km2

Sepilok1
9.4
5.5
NA
NA
Kuala Lompat2
10.3
6 (or 8.4)
1.0
6.0 (or 8.4)
Mintin Island
17.1
5–10 (estimated)
1.8
5.9–19.4 (estimated)
Pasoh3
12.1
8.4
NA
NA
Barito Ulu4
18.3
10.5
42.6
18.3

Data sources: 1 = Davis and Payne 1982, cited in Mather (1992); 2 and 3 = Marsh and Wilson cited in Mather (1992); 4 = Mather (1992).

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