American alligator ancient predator in the modern world

A natural history of the American alligator. Having survived since the Mesozoic era, alligators teetered on the brink of extinction in the 1960s. Protected by legislative intervention, today's populations are closed monitored throughout their range. Ouchley examines the lessons we have learned about...

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Main Author: Ouchley, Kelby, 1951- (Author)
Other Authors: Ransom, Burg (Photographer)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2013]
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505 0 0 |t Natural history. In the beginning --  |t Names and places --  |t "Their toes are five in number" --  |t To build an alligator --  |t Root hog, or die --  |t The human factor. First encounters --  |t Near fatal attraction --  |t A love/hate relationship --  |t "What good is it?" --  |g Afterword. 
520 |a A natural history of the American alligator. Having survived since the Mesozoic era, alligators teetered on the brink of extinction in the 1960s. Protected by legislative intervention, today's populations are closed monitored throughout their range. Ouchley examines the lessons we have learned about urban development and energy production, and how they can still threaten the alligator and its southern wetland habitat. 
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