Conservation status and regional habitat priorities for the Orinoco crocodile: Past, present, and future.

Conservation of large predator species has historically been a challenge because they often overlap in resource utilization with humans; furthermore, there is a general lack of in-depth knowledge of their ecology and natural history. We assessed the conservation status of the Orinoco crocodile (Croc...

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Authors: Balaguera- Reina, Sergio A., Espinosa-Blanco, Ariel S., Morales-Betancourt, Mónica A., Seijas, Andrés E., Lasso, Carlos A., Antelo, Rafael, Densmore, Llewellyn D.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:Colombia
Institution:Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt
Repository:Repositorio Institucional de Documentación Científica
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.humboldt.org.co:20.500.11761/9900
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11761/9900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172439
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Crocodiles
Conservation Science
Cocodrilos
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Summary:Conservation of large predator species has historically been a challenge because they often overlap in resource utilization with humans; furthermore, there is a general lack of in-depth knowledge of their ecology and natural history. We assessed the conservation status of the Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius), defining regional habitat priorities/crocodile conservation units (RHP/CCU) and regional research priorities (RRP) for this species.

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