Population status and conservation of Morelet's crocodile, Crocodylus moreletii, in northern Belize

Biological Conservation

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-29

  Platt, Steven G ^a   Thorbjarnarson, John B ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Conservation; Endangered species; Morelet's crocodile; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; CROCODILIAN; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BELIZE;

CROCODYLUS MORELETII;

EID: 0033916092     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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