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Spatial and Temporal Variation in Reproduction of a Generalist Crocodilian, Caiman crocodilus yacare, in a Seasonally Flooded Wetland

We monitored the number of caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) nests in two ranches in the Brazilian Pantanal that cover an area of about 50.000 ha for 28 years (1987–2014). The number of nests was related to combinations of rainfall, water level, and number of days with temperature below 20°C, depend...

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Autores principales: Campos, Zilca, Mourão, Guilherme, Coutinho, Marcos, Magnusson, William E., Soriano, Balbina M. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4481102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26107847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129368