Evaluation of Field Measurements of the American Alligator for Use in Morphometric Studies
[No abstract available]
Herpetological Review↗
Geology topics
C.L. Abercrombie
Publications and source records attributed to C.L. Abercrombie.
The great alligator-caiman debate: Meditations on crocodilian life-history strategies
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Book chapter↗
Survival of young American alligators on a Florida lake
A capture-recapture study was conducted on Orange Lake, Florida, from 1979 through 1984 to estimate survival rates of young in an American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) populations. Hatchlings remained together in sibling groups (pods) for at least their 1st year and then began to disperse during their 2nd spring and summer. Mortality through mid-November of their 1st year was negligible. Jolly-Seber (JS) survival estimates of hatchlings for 6 and 12 months were 76 and 41%, respectively. The 2-year JS estimate for the 1980 cohort was 8%. Minimum-Known-Alive (MKA) survival values were 72 and 46% of JS estimates for 6 months and 1 year of age. Survival during the 2nd 6 months of life (spring-summer) tended to be lower than survival during the 1st 6 months (fall-winter).
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