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...Bryan Walsh COTT, H. B., 1961. Scientific results of an inquiry into the ecology and economic status of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in Uganda and northern Rhodesia. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 29: 211-358. Scientific results of an inquiry into the ecology and economic status...

..., January 18, 2007:3. Bustard, H.R., and Singh, L.A.K. 1982. Gharial attacks on man. J Bombay Nat Hist Soc, 78:610–611. Gharial attacks on man J Bombay Nat Hist Soc 78 610 611 Caldicott, D.G.E., Croser, D. Manolis, C., Webb, G. and Britton, A. 2005. Crocodile attack in Australia...

...Anton Tucker Crocodylus johnstoni is a prevailing and stable binomial designating the Australian freshwater crocodile. A brief review traces the description circumstances and recent International Code of Zoological Nomenclature changes that resolve a long-standing argument ( C. johnsoni or C...

... of the lake at night to rehydrate, exposing them to foraging freshwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus johnstoni ). Crocodiles rarely consume toads, but the attacks often result in loss of a limb. Because limbs contain relatively little toxin, attacks to the limbs expose a crocodile to nauseating but non-lethal...

..., their populations have risen markedly, increasing the potential for conflict between people and crocodiles. In 1994 C. porosus was observed in the freshwater Katherine River for the first time in over twenty years. To reduce the risk of crocodile attacks, the Parks and Wildlife Service of the Northern Territory has...

... Australian natural history reptile conservation crocodile hunting thematic analysis Protecting the unpopular ones. Conservation themes in the writings of naturalist/herpetologist, Eric Worrell Kevin Markwell Faculty of Business, Law and Arts, Southern Cross University, LISMORE, NSW. 2480...

... use programs. As a recognition of this he was awarded the prestigious Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award in 2001. In 2003 he was awarded an Australian Centenary Medal, for his contribution to crocodile research and to the establishment of The Essington School in Darwin. Grahame began...

... of their taxonomy, phylogeny and evolutionary history. After an opening section on the earliest literature of Australian fossil crocodiles, this paper proceeds in a broadly geochronological order looking at the known material for each taxon during each successive period. Some taxa (e.g., Quinkanu and Mehsuchus...

... ectotherms illustrate how our thinking has developed in terms of adaptive responses to seasonal temperature changes, environmental hypoxia, and ontogeny. Haemoglobin oxygen transport fish crocodile Bartlett, G.R. 1980. Phosphate compounds in vertebrate red blood cells. American Zoologist 20...

... turned around and hoping he would not have heard the click. I recall him telling us that crocodiles had unique and very strange heart anatomy, and that nobody knew why. Bleakly became my Honours supervisor for a project on Queensland lungfish. Ian Bayly, at Brown Lake, Stradbroke Island, circa 1961. Ian...

... on the Table: Plenary 2. ROBYN ALDERS: I think we also have to look at populations? Crocodiles are more social than people environmental harm. The choices we make also have an had previously realised, and all the Boss Croc story impact in terms of environmental harm. So, I m all for and so on which...

... and Litoria flavipunctata called in the New England swamps. Water holding frogs were unceremoniously dug up from the receding rainforests. Early reptilian studies by students were overtaken at the beginning of the Gordon Mesozoic in a massive adaptive radiation, into crocodiles, flying, radio-telemetry...

...Gordon Grigg; Michael Thompson; Lyn Beard; Peter Harlow We measured gas exchange of eggs and mound material as well as gas concentrations at different times during incubation in the mound nests of the salt water crocodile, Crocodylus porosus and the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis...

... Axelsson, M., Holm, S. and Nilsson, S. 1989. Flow dynamics of the crocodile heart. Am. J. Physiol.256 (Reg. Integr. Comp. Physiol.) R875-R879. Flow dynamics of the crocodile heart Am. J. Physiol 256 R875 R879 Axelsson, M., Franklin, C., Loefman, C., Nilsson, S. and Grigg, G., 1996. Dynamic...

... and a generous serve of physiology. The authors physiology, most extensively on Australian crocodiles, have not only thoroughly assembled a comprehensive text, Gordon Grigg has teamed up with fellow croc biologist but also discuss research directions where knowledge is still and gifted illustrator, David...