Conservation status of crocodiles in Ghana and cte-d'ivoire, west Africa

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-145

  Shirley, Matthew H ^a   Oduro, William ^b   Beibro, Hilaire Yaokokore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Crocodile; Crocodylus; Cte d'Ivoire; Fishery; Ghana; Mecistops; Osteolaemus

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CROCODILIAN; DATA ACQUISITION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEYING;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS CATAPHRACTUS; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; OSTEOLAEMUS; OSTEOLAEMUS TETRASPIS;

EID: 68349129941     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309001586     Document Type: Article

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