Journeying to freedom: the spatial ecology of a reintroduced population of Orinoco crocodiles (Crocodylus intermedius) in Colombia

Abstract Background The Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is the largest crocodile and the most threatened by extinction in the Neotropics due to overexploitation for the skin trade during the early–middle twentieth century. Knowledge of their ecology is poor in Colombia because long-term a...

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Main Authors: Rafael A. Moreno-Arias, María Cristina Ardila-Robayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Animal Biotelemetry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40317-020-00202-2