On the southeastern range limits of the nile crocodile: A review of its past and present occurrences in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, South Africa

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Feely, James M ^a,b  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

animal distributions; climate change; Crocodylus niloticus; reintroductions

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROCODILIAN; GEOLOGY; LATITUDE; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE EXPANSION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SKULL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STATE ROLE; TOOTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 79953143078     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/056.040.0209     Document Type: Article

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