Funding Year 2009
Project: 9/1 |
Minimizing the impact of cane toads on Australian Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) using Conditioned Taste Aversion Learning. |
Student: |
Ruchira Somaweera (Australia) |
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Institution(s): |
University of Sydney |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/2 |
Crocodile conservation in the Congo Basin. This study will capitalize on an integrated field and molecular ecological approach to unravelling the mysteries of the Slender-snouted Crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus). |
Student: |
Matthew Shirley (USA) |
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Institution(s): |
University of Florida |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/3 |
Study on the effects of climatic variables on reproduction of adults and on hatchling sex (considering TSD) in Caiman latirostris in Santa Fe Province. |
Student: |
Melina Simoncini (Argentina) |
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Institution(s): |
Proyecto Yacaré, University of Santa Fe;
CIC y TTP (CONICET) |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/4 |
To establish the effect of red fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) on Broad-snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) reproduction. |
Student: |
Virginia Parachu Marco (Argentina) |
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Institution(s): |
Proyecto Yacaré; Cordoba University |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/5 |
Evaluation of the conservation program for the Babilla (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) as a strategy for sustainable use of wetlands in the Department of Atlántico. |
Student: |
Ayari Maria Rojano Marin (Colombia) |
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Institution(s): |
Universidad del Atlántico |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/6 |
Steroid profiling in crocodilian urine and plasma by gas-chromatography/mass spectrometry. |
Student: |
Lizette Bekker (South Africa) |
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Institution(s): |
University of Pretoria |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/7 |
Conservation of Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) based on the community participatory approach. |
Student: |
Fang Zhang (China) |
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Institution(s): |
College of Life Science, Anhui Normal University |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/8 |
Mating system determination on Broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) using molecular markers. Contributions to the sustainable use. |
Student: |
Patricia Amavet (Argentina) |
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Institution(s): |
Proyecto Yacaré; Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/9 |
Isolation and characterization of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in caiman leukocytes. |
Student: |
Pablo Siroski (Argentina) |
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Institution(s): |
Proyecto Yacaré; Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Argentina); Department of Chemistry, McNeese State University (USA) |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/10 |
Evaluation of pesticide effects on environmentally-exposed wild Caiman latirostris populations: genetic, physiological and development alterations. |
Student: |
Gisela Poletta (Argentina) |
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Institution(s): |
Proyecto Yacaré; Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/11 |
Population structure and genetic variation in the Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis). |
Student: |
Rheyda Hinlo (Philippines) |
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Institution(s): |
Massey University (New Zealand) |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/12 |
Population ecology and human-crocodile conflict of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Lower Zambezi River. |
Student: |
Kevin Wallace (South Africa) |
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Institution(s): |
Imperial College (London); University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/13 |
Ethno-ecology and conservation of Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in the Ilha Grande Municipality, northeast Brazil. |
Student: |
Roberta Rocha da Silva Leite (Brazil) |
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Institution(s): |
Universidade Federal do Pianui |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/14 |
Adaption of Caiman latirostris to urban, rural and coastal habitats - population dynamics, reproduction and diet. |
Student: |
Ricardo Freitas Filho (Brazil) |
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Institution(s): |
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/15 |
Population genetics of the Brown caiman (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) on Coiba. |
Student: |
Mike Vandewege (USA) |
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Institution(s): |
Texas Tech University |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/17 |
Accumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) as a consequence of aerial spraying to eradicate tsetse fly from the Okavango Delta, Botswana. |
Student: |
Vincent Shacks (South Africa) |
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Institution(s): |
Rhodes University |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/18 |
Natural history of the Siamese Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) in Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam. |
Student: |
Kristian Robert Pahl (Germany) |
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Institution(s): |
Alexander Koenig Research Museum - University of Bonn; Cologne Zoo |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/19 |
Ecological and conservation implications of skull morphometrics in sympatric species of crocodilians. |
Student: |
Ashley Pearcy (Netherlands) |
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Institution(s): |
Institute of Biology, Leiden University |
Status: |
Complete (final report) |
Project: 9/20 |
Nest defence strategies of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). |
Student: |
Dusty Savage (USA) |
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Institution(s): |
McNeese State University |
Status: |
Complete (final report)
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Project: 9/21 |
Genetic structure and flow of genes of Crocodylus moreletii in Mexico. |
Student: |
Alejandro Villegas (Mexico) |
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Institution(s): |
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco |
Status: |
Complete (final report)
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