Regional habitat conservation priorities for the American crocodile

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Thorbjarnarson, John ^a   Mazzotti, Frank ^b   Sanderson, Eric ^c   Buitrago, Fabio ^d   Lazcano, Marco ^e   Minkowski, Karen ^c   Muñiz, Manuel ^f   Ponce, Paulino ^g   Sigler, Luis ^h   Soberon, Roberto ⁱ   Trelancia, Ana Maria ⁱ   Velasco, Alvaro ^j  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d De la Clinica Tiscapa 2 Cuadras Al Lago   (Nicaragua)

^e SM 44   (Mexico)

^f SECOCOM   (Mexico)

^g AC   (Mexico)

^h Crocodile Museum   (Mexico)

ⁱ Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Central de Venezuela ^*  (Peru)

^j UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

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Author keywords

Conservation; Crocodile; Priorities; Range wide

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROCODILIAN; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS ACUTUS;

EID: 28844480153     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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