Ecology of the American alligator in a seasonally fluctuating environment

FJ Mazzotti, LA Brandt - Everglades: the ecosystem and its …, 1994 - taylorfrancis.com
The American alligator is the only large, abundant, widespread nonmarine carni vore left in
the southeastern United States. It is a keystone species within the Everglades and other …

Environmental variability and the reproductive success of Everglades alligators

JA Kushlan, T Jacobsen - Journal of Herpetology, 1990 - JSTOR
The reproductive success of the American alligator in the Everglades is constrained
primarily by egg mortality, due to flooding by seasonally fluctuating water levels. The timing …

Relationship between body condition of American alligators and water depth in the Everglades, Florida

I Fujisaki, KG Rice, LG Pearlstine, FJ Mazzotti - Hydrobiologia, 2009 - Springer
Feeding opportunities of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in freshwater
wetlands in south Florida are closely linked to hydrologic conditions. In the Everglades …

Alligators and crocodiles as indicators for restoration of Everglades ecosystems

FJ Mazzotti, GR Best, LA Brandt, MS Cherkiss… - Ecological …, 2009 - Elsevier
Alligators and crocodiles integrate biological impacts of hydrological operations, affecting
them at all life stages through three key aspects of Everglades ecology:(1) food webs,(2) …

Seasonal activity, relative abundance, and size-class structure of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in a highly disturbed inland lake

WI Lutterschmidt, DK Wasko - The Southwestern Naturalist, 2006 - BioOne
We monitored an inland population of American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis) in Lake
Raven, Huntsville State Park, Walker County, Texas from September 2000 to August 2001 …

Characterization of natural and artificial alligator holes

MR Campbell, FJ Mazzotti - Southeastern Naturalist, 2004 - BioOne
Abstract American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis Daudin) are ecological engineers
who alter the Everglades landscape through creation and maintenance of small ponds …

Ontogenetic niche shifts in the American Alligator establish functional connectivity between aquatic systems

AL Subalusky, LA Fitzgerald, LL Smith - Biological Conservation, 2009 - Elsevier
Individual animals undergoing ontogenetic shifts in habitat use may establish a mobile link
between discrete ecosystems via movement of energy, nutrients and matter, as well as …

[PDF][PDF] Reproductive ecology of Alligator Gar: identification of environmental drivers of recruitment success

DL Buckmeier, NG Smith, DJ Daugherty… - Journal of the …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) exhibit many characteristics of a periodic life-history
strategy, including extended longevity, late maturity, high fecundity, and variable recruitment …

Habitat use of American alligators in east Texas

KK Webb, WC Conway, GE Calkins… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) has made a remarkable
recovery throughout its range during the last half‐century. In Texas, USA, current inland …

Does variation in movement tactics and trophic interactions among American alligators create habitat linkages?

AE Rosenblatt, MR Heithaus - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Highly mobile top predators are hypothesized to spatially and/or temporally link disparate
habitats through the combination of their movement and feeding patterns, but recent studies …