Factors affecting the number of caimans seen during spotlight surveys in the Mamirauá Reserve, Brazilian Amazonia

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Da Silveira, Ronis ^a   Magnusson, William E ^b   Thorbjarnarson, John B ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; HUNTING; LUNAR PHASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOTLIGHT SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MAMIRAUA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESERVE; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; MELANOSUCHUS NIGER;

EID: 47049109345     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-06-035     Document Type: Article

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