The relationship between nesting habitat and hatching success in Caiman latirostris Crocodylia, Alligatoridae

Phyllomedusa

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-96

  Montini, Juan Pablo ^a   Piña, Carlos I ^a,b,c   Larriera, Alejandro ^a,d   Siroski, Pablo ^a   Verdade, Luciano M ^c  

^a Proyecto Yacare   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Diamante   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alligatoridae; Caiman latirostris; Crocodylia; Habitat use; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CROCODILIAN; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HATCHING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DETERMINATION;

ALLIGATORINAE; CAIMAN; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 33846486872     PISSN: 15191397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v5i2p91-96     Document Type: Article

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