Effects of egg and hatchling harvest on American alligators in Florida

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1193-1200

  Rice, Kenneth G ^a,d   Percival, H Franklin ^a   Woodward, Allan R ^b   Jennings, Michael L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator mississippiensis; American alligator; Eggs; Harvest; Population structure; Population trends; Ranching

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; HARVESTING; RECRUITMENT;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ASPERULA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 0032755975     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802837     Document Type: Article

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