Alligator diet in relation to alligator mortality on Lake Griffin, FL

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-110

  Rice, Amanda N ^a,b   Ross, J Perran ^c   Woodward, Allan R ^b   Carbonneau, Dwayne A ^b   Percival, H Franklin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; AVES; CLUPEIDAE; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE;

EID: 34247614005     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2007)6[97:ADIRTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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