Mitigating harmful interactions with wildlife requires an understanding of the interactions
between predators, domesticated animals and humans. Large‐scale transformations of …

We documented trackways of free-living Crocodylus acutus on beaches at the mouths of
Tamarindo and Ventanas estuaries, Costa Rica. Our crocodiles had estimated total lengths …

Conservation of large predators has long been a challenge for biologists due to the limited
information we have about their ecology, generally low numbers in the wild, large home …

Crocodylus acutus has undergone severe past declines due to overexploitation and habitat
loss. There are conservation measures in most regions and established captive breeding …

Studies on food habits are fundamental to understanding the ecology of a species and its
interactions with the community to which it belongs. Among crocodylians, diet affects a …

We assessed the reproductive ecology of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) on
Coiba Island, Panama from January–December 2013. We examined nest site characteristics …

We conducted nocturnal surveys in the insular and coastal areas of Coiba National Park
(CNP) and its mainland buffer zone in Panama (Chiriquí conservation site) from 2009–2012 …

Identification of individuals based on morphological patterns is a strategy used primarily in
human forensics that has also been applied successfully in several wildlife scenarios. To …

“Human-wildlife interactions” are defined by positive and negative encounters between
humans and wildlife, followed by an assessment of what occurred (Organ et al. 2006; Frank …

Crocodylians are large predators and ecological keystone species in wetland ecosystems.
In Bolivia a total of five species occur, all of which are members of the family Alligatoridae …