Predicting suitable nesting sites for the Blackcaiman (Melanosuchus niger Spix 1825) in theCentral Amazon basin

After many years of illegal hunting and commercialization, the populations of the Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) have been recovering during the last four decades due to the enforcement of a legislation that inhibits their international commercialization. Protecting nesting sites, in which vulner...

• Main Author: Ribeiro Banon, Gabriela Paola (author)
• Other Authors: Francis Banon, Gerald Jean (author), Villamarín, Francisco (author), Moraes Arraut, Eduardo (author), Massaine Moulatlet, Gabriel (author), Daleles Rennó, Camilo (author), Banon, Lise Christine (author), Marioni, Boris (author), Leão DeMoraes Novo, Evlyn Márcia (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Amazonfloodplain; Amazonian caiman; Ecological conservation; Maximum entropy modeling; Nesting habitat
• Online Access: http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/311; https://doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2019.1646066