High speed boat traffic: A risk to crocodilian populations

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 456-460

  Grant, Paul B C ^a   Lewis, Todd R ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boat traffic; Caiman crocodilus fuscus; Conservation; Costa Rica; Human wildlife conflicts; Injuries; Mortality; Tortuguero

Indexed keywords

CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CAIMAN CROCODILUS FUSCUS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 78651519021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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