N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Estimates of animal abundance provide essential information for population ecological studies. However, the recording of individuals in the field can be challenging, and accurate estimates require analytical techniques which account for imperfect ...
José António Lemos Barão-Nóbrega +2 more
doaj +7 more sources
Variation in the Diet of Hatchling Morelet’s Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in the Wild [PDF]
AnimalsThe relationship between diet and behavior is essential to understanding an animal’s strategies to obtain food, considering ontogenical changes. In reptiles, there is a relationship between the length of the individual and the size of the prey it ...
Mariana González-Solórzano +4 more
doaj +5 more sources
Micronuclei and Nuclear Buds Induced by Cyclophosphamide in Crocodylus moreletii as Useful Biomarkers in Aquatic Environments [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Micronuclei (MN) are used to assess genotoxic exposure, whereas nuclear buds (NBs) have been linked to genotoxic events. Crocodylus moreletii was studied to identify MN and NBs.
Ana Lourdes Zamora-Perez +8 more
doaj +3 more sources
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 Crocodylus moreletii (Morelet’s crocodile) and Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile) are generalist, apex predators of subtropical aquatic habitats in Central America.
Felix Thirion +3 more
doaj +5 more sources
Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2021 The objective of the study was to determine the morphological characteristics of peripheral blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes) and the leukocyte differential count (heterophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, monocytes ...
Adrián Gutiérrez-Cervantes +3 more
doaj +5 more sources
Estimación poblacional de Crocodylus moreletii en cuatro sitios de la Reserva de Biósfera Pantanos de Centla [PDF]
Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2022 La cuantificación de los cocodrilos en ambientes naturales representa información básica para establecer estrategias de manejo y conservación de estas especies. Con el objetivo de evaluar la tasa de encuentro (TE), abundancia y estructura poblacional del
Jenner Rodas-Trejo +2 more
doaj +4 more sources
External injuries of Morelet’s crocodile Crocodylus moreletii in Campeche, Mexico [PDF]
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2016 Resumen en inglés: "Analysis of external injuries in captive and free-ranging Morelet's crocodiles Crocodylus moreletii was performed in the northern wetlands of Campeche, Mexico. From March to September of 2007, a total of 52 free-ranging and 51 captive
Sergio Eduardo Padilla Paz
core +5 more sources
Observations on nests of Crocodylus moreletii in San Luis Potosí, Mexico [PDF]
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 Nesting ecology of Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) has been documented since 1940. However, only 2 nests constructed on floating vegetation have been recorded.
Armando H. Escobedo-Galván +4 more
doaj +7 more sources
Using regression tree analysis to determine size class intervals and sexual dimorphism in the Morelet's crocodile Crocodylus moreletii [PDF]
Wildlife Biology, Volume 2020, Issue 4, Page 1-9, December 2020., 2020 Assignment of Morelet's crocodile Crocodylus moreletii individuals into size groups or classes based on ecological and morphological similarities has not yet been associated with species-specific ontogeny related changes.
Barão-Nóbrega, JAL +6 more
core +4 more sources
Nesting of Morelet’s crocodile, Crocodylus moreletii (Dumeril and Bibron), in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2017 We evaluated the nesting by Crocodylus moreletii in Lago de Catemaco, Veracruz, southeastern, Mexico. During the nesting and hatching seasons, we searched for nests along the northern margins of the lake and small associated streams.
A. Villegas +3 more
doaj +5 more sources