Home range and movements of radio-tracked estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) within a non-tidal waterhole

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-149

  Brien, Matthew L ^a   Read, Mark A ^b   McCallum, Hamish I ^c   Grigg, Gordon C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TIDE; TRACKING; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKEFIELD NATIONAL PARK; QUEENSLAND;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS POROSUS;

EID: 42449124622     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR06116     Document Type: Article

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