| Description |
xiv, 552 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
(cont) Alligator farm in Israel -- Diseases and disease control on crocodile farms in Zimbabwe -- Alligator ranching research in Florida -- Crocodilian skins -- Identification of crocodilian skins and products -- Flaying, curing and measuring crocodile skins -- Effects of alligator skin storage techniques on red heat -- Marketing crocodilian skins -- Understanding crocodilian eggs and embryos -- Hormonal control of reproduction in crocodilians -- Crocodilian eggs -- Methods for retrieving and examining crocodilian embryos -- Post-laying stages of embryonic development in crocodilians -- Crocodile egg chemistry -- Respiration of Crocodylus johnstoni embryos -- Water relations of crocodilian eggs -- Incubating eggs of the Gharial for conservation purposes -- Effects of incubation temperature on sex determination and embryonic development rate in Crocodylus johnstoni and C. porosus -- Effects of egg incubation temperature on post-hatching growth of American alligators |
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(cont) Techniques for aging wild crocodilians -- Photographic technique for estimating the size of crocodilians seen in spotlight surveys and quantifying observer bias in estimating sizes -- Mechanics of management: public education -- Living with crocodiles in the Northern Territory of Australia -- Public involvement in the Indian crocodile conservation programmes -- Mechanics of management: capturing crocodilians -- Crocodile capture techniques in Zimbabwe -- Crocodile capture techniques in the Northern Territory of Australia -- Effect of capture on the physiology of Crocodylus porosus -- Crocodile immobilization and anaesthesia -- Mechanics of management: understanding crocodilian behaviour and temperature regulation -- Crocodilian behaviour -- Observations on the behaviour of Nile crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus, in captivity -- Crocodilian thermal selection -- Mechanics of management: farming crocodilians -- Crocodile farming and ranching in Zimbabwe -- Alligator farming research in Louisiana -- Crocodile farming in Thailand -- Crocodile farming and ranching in Australia |
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World crocodilians -- Crocodilia -- Distribution and status of world crocodilians -- Crocodilian management programmes -- World conservation strategy and cites: principles for the management of crocodilians -- Management of alligators in Louisiana -- Management of alligators in Florida -- Management of crocodiles in Zimbabwe -- Management of crocodilians in India -- Management of crocodiles in Papua New Guinea -- Management of crocodilians in Venezuela -- Management of crocodiles in Australia -- Management of crocodiles in Western Australia -- Management of crocodiles in Queensland, Australia -- Crocodile management and indigenous people -- Australian aboriginal attitudes to crocodile management -- Village and community attitudes to the management of crocodiles in Papua New Guinea -- Mechanics of management: studying crocodilian populations -- Survey methods and monitoring within crocodile management programmes -- Population models and crocodile management -- Population model for Crocodyllus porosus in the Tidal Waterways of Northern Australia -- Life history parameters, population dynamics and the management of crocodilians |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Alligators.
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Crocodiles.
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Wildlife management.
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Alligators.
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Crocodiles.
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Crocodilians.
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Wildlife management.
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Alligators and Crocodiles.
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Conservation of Natural Resources.
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| Author |
Manolis, S. Charlie.
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Webb, Grahame, 1947-
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Whitehead, Peter J.
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Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory.
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Technical Conference on Crocodile Conservation and Management (1985 : Darwin, N.T)
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| LC no. |
94932409 |
| ISBN |
0949324094 |
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