Alligators as Predators on Terrestrial Mammals
Shoop CR and Ruckdeschel CA. 1990. Alligators as Predators on Terrestrial Mammals. The American Midland Naturalist. 124(2):407-412
An study examining alligator predation on terrestrial mammals at Cumberland Island National Seashore and Little Cumberland Island. Includes previous studies of alligators as predators; study methodology (examination of droppings, guts, and den sites for vertebrate remains); and results and discussion (determination of diet, ecological importance of large alligators, game management implications.)
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Shoop, C; Ruckdeschel, Carol
- Units
- CUIS
- Keywords
- American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Animal Behavior, Animal Studies, Mammals (Mammalia), Predation