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| Espinosa,Mara I; Bertin,Angéline; Gómez,John; Mejía,Florencio; Guerra,Martha; Baez,Lina; Gouin,Nicolas; Patiño,Edgar. |
| The American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, has experienced important population declines worldwide due to human persecution, overexploitation and habitat loss. C. acutus remains critically endangered in some countries such as Colombia where the lack of detailed surveys on its ecology and distribution constitutes a major barrier to the development of effective conservation strategies. We conducted a three-year capture-recapture study to investigate the demographic status of C. acutus and to identify environmental variables likely to in uence its distribution in Portete Bay (Colombia). We estimated the crocodile population to be relatively small (< 140 animals), to include very few adults, and to demonstrate a very strong de cit in females in the juvenile... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Capture-recapture; Crocodile; Environmental variables; Mangrove. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382012000200006 |
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