Long distance movements by Caiman crocodilus yacare: Implications for management of the species in the Brazilian Pantanal

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-132

  Campos, Zilca ^a   Coutinho, Marcos ^b   Mourão, Guilherme ^a   Bayliss, Peter ^c   Magnusson, William E ^d  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b IBAMA Ran Campo Grande   (Brazil)

^c CINCRM Casuaria Campus University ^*  (Australia)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crocodilian; Dispersal; Movement; Population management

Indexed keywords

CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS YACARE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 33845336872     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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