Ecology of Western Hoolock Gibbon in an Indo-Burma hot sp...
Rai, Prabhat Kumar / Deb, Pallab Hoolock Gibbon in an Indo-Burma hot spot region is facing numerous threats. Threats include habitat loss due to human encroachment, developmental projects and tea garden expansion. In Assam and Mizoram Hoolock Gibbons are now found in unfamiliar areas, such as private lands in fringe areas. Hoolock Gibbons are obligate brachiators who depend on the thick forest canopy for optimum niche exploitation. Habitat loss, in the form of fragmentation ,...