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Growth of Caiman crocodilus yacare in the Brazilian Pantanal

We studied growth of the caiman, Caiman crocodilus yacare, in the Brazilian Pantanal for 27 years between 1987 and 2013.We recaptured 647 of 7769 C. c. yacare initially marked in an area of 50 km(2), in two ranches. We were able to determine size at age accurately for 24 male and17 female caimans th...

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Autores principales: Campos, Zilca, Mourão, Guilherme, Coutinho, Marcos, Magnusson, William E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089363