determinants of habitat selection by hatchling australian freshwater crocodiles栖息地选择的决定因素由人工孵化的澳大利亚淡水鳄鱼.pdfVIP

Determinants of Habitat Selection by Hatchling Australian Freshwater Crocodiles Ruchira Somaweera*, Jonathan K. Webb, Richard Shine School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Abstract Animals almost always use habitats non-randomly, but the costs and benefits of using specific habitat types remain unknown for many types of organisms. In a large lake in northwestern Australia (Lake Argyle), most hatchling (,12-month- old) freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) are found in floating vegetation mats or