Nesting ecology of the American Crocodile in the coastal zone of Belize

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2000, Pages 869-873

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

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; CROCODILIAN; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS;

BELIZE;

CROCODYLUS;

EID: 0034604489     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0869:NEOTAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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