Nest-site fidelity in American alligators in a Louisiana coastal marsh

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 737-743

  Elsey, Ruth M ^a   Trosclair III, Phillip L ^a   Glenn, Travis C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

EID: 57649123136     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092-7.4.737     Document Type: Article

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