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Alligators and crocodiles as indicators for restoration of Everglades ecosystems
Ecological Indicators, 2009 Abstract Alligators and crocodiles integrate biological impacts of hydrological operations, affecting them at all life stages through three key aspects of Everglades ecology: (1) food webs, (2) diversity and productivity, and (3) freshwater flow. Responses of crocodilians are directly related to suitability of environmental conditions and hydrologic ...
Michael Cherkiss, Laura A Brandt
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Sera from Phylogenetically Related Alligators, Crocodiles and Domestic Chickens Exhibit Comparable Anti-Cancer Activity [PDF]
CellsBackground: Crocodilians rarely develop cancer despite long lifespans and continuous exposure to environmental carcinogens, suggesting robust natural anti-tumor defense mechanisms.
Ofer Binah +5 more
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Crocodiles or Alligators? [PDF]
Nature, 1934 PROF. RITCHIE need have no fear that the name Crocodilus for the crocodiles in general will be replaced in future by Champse1, It was unfortunate that Dr. Werner's blunder should have appeared in so authoritative a work as “Das Tierreich” but it was at once corrected by Dr. Stejneger in Copeia, No. 3, p. 117, Oct. 1933.
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Crocodiles and Alligators: Physicians’ Answer to Cancer?
Current Oncology, 2019 Despite advances in therapeutic approaches and supportive care, cancer remains a significant burden on human health.[...]
Naveed Ahmed Khan +2 more
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Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in Crocodilians and Climate Challenges [PDF]
AnimalsThe sex of crocodilians is determined by the temperature to which the eggs, and hence the developing embryo are exposed during critical periods of development.
Boglárka Mária Schilling-Tóth +7 more
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Cytochrome oxidase I DNA barcodes of crocodilians meat selling in Hong Kong [PDF]
Scientific DataThe crocodilians include true crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharial, and the trade of crocodilian products is regulated in accordance with the Convention of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Hong Kong does not have her own wild crocodilians; thus, all
Wai Lok So +9 more
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Crocodiles and Alligators, eds. C. A. Ross and S. Garnett [Review]
Canadian Field-Naturalist, 1991 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
William B Preston
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XXVII. On the communications between the cavity of the tympanum and the palate in the crocodilia (gavials, alligators and crocodiles) [PDF]
Philosophical TransactionsAbstract There are three perforations which succeed each other along the middle line of the base of the cranium in the Crocodilian Reptiles. The hindmost (Plate XL. fig. 1, v), situated in the basioccipital, near the condyle, is the smallest and least constant in size and existence: it gives passage to a vein, which traverses a ...
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The American Crocodile: An Indicator Species for Everglades Restoration
EDIS, 2016 The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a top predator that lives along the southern tip of peninsular Florida, inhabiting saltwater, brackish water, or freshwater near coastal areas in mangrove-lined ponds, creeks, coves, man-made ponds, and ...
Rebecca G. Harvey +4 more
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