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American Crocodile: An Endangered Species Recovery in Progress.

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Date Issued:
2000
Summary:
If we continue to protect and restore habitat for crocodiles in South Florida, crocodiles will prosper. However, if we are unable to change people's misconceptions about crocodiles, crocodile recovery will become an increasingly difficult task. The answer lies in education and habitat restoration. We need to educate concerned citizens that the American crocodile is a shy animal that rarely attacks unless provoked. Everglades restoration can be linked with crocodile ecology; the health of the Everglades corresponds with the health of crocodile populations. By using crocodiles as indicators of the success of restoring natural freshwater flows to estuaries, we can accomplish goals of increasing crocodile populations and Everglades restoration.
Title: American Crocodile: An Endangered Species Recovery in Progress.
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Name(s): Cherkiss, Michael S.
Mazzotti, Frank J.
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2000
Publisher: University of Florida
Place of Publication: Gainesville (Fla.)
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 2 pages
Language(s): English
Summary: If we continue to protect and restore habitat for crocodiles in South Florida, crocodiles will prosper. However, if we are unable to change people's misconceptions about crocodiles, crocodile recovery will become an increasingly difficult task. The answer lies in education and habitat restoration. We need to educate concerned citizens that the American crocodile is a shy animal that rarely attacks unless provoked. Everglades restoration can be linked with crocodile ecology; the health of the Everglades corresponds with the health of crocodile populations. By using crocodiles as indicators of the success of restoring natural freshwater flows to estuaries, we can accomplish goals of increasing crocodile populations and Everglades restoration.
Identifier: FI06050124 (IID), 1030173 (digitool), fiu:29681 (fedora), AAC0099QF
Note(s): Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Electronic version created 2006, State University System of Florida.
Subject(s): Crocodiles
Everglades National Park (Fla.)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI06050124.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI06050124.jpg
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Host Institution: FIU