Effects of environmental variables on black caiman counts in Bolivia

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-49

  Pacheco, Luis F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

black caiman; Bolivia; crocodilians; Melanosuchus niger; monitoring; population estimation

Indexed keywords

CAIMAN; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MELANOSUCHUS NIGER;

BLACK CAIMAN; SPOTLIGHT COUNT;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0029663440     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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