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. 2010 Sep 22;5(9):e12813. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012813

Table 1. Estimates of orangutan density and population size in different vegetation types, kilometric indices for areas where no density estimate could be obtained, and total population estimate for the two concession areas.

Type of habitat Number of nests Survey effort (km) Kilometric index (nests/km) Mean nest decay rate (lower– upper estimate) Mean density of orangutans (ind/km2) (lower– upper estimate) Area (km2) Mean number of orangutans (lower– upper estimate)
SRH planted areas 167 31.5 5.3 123 (102–144) 1.45 (1.24–1.75) 314.2 456 (390–550)
SRH buffer zone 272 22.65 12.0 21.7
SRH conservation areas 92 10.03 9.2 153 (60–243) 1.76 (1.11–4.5) 68.0 120 (75–306)
SRH unplanted areas 84 10.64 7.8 222 (119–323) 1.34 (0.92–2.5) 585.6 785 (539–1464)
SHJ planted areas 101 7.32 13.8 72.3
SHJ conservation areas 38 1.48 25.7 4.45
SHJ unplanted areas 183 6 30.5 118.5
POPULATION ESTIMATE 1361 (1004–2320)