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  <dc:contributor>Tommy C. Hines</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>C.L. Abercrombie</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>James D. Nichols</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Allan R. Woodward</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1987</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;A capture-recapture study was conducted on Orange Lake, Florida, from 1979 through 1984 to estimate survival rates of young in an American alligator (&lt;i&gt;Alligator mississippiensis&lt;/i&gt;) populations. Hatchlings remained together in sibling groups (pods) for at least their 1st year and then began to disperse during their 2nd spring and summer. Mortality through mid-November of their 1st year was negligible. Jolly-Seber (JS) survival estimates of hatchlings for 6 and 12 months were 76 and 41%, respectively. The 2-year JS estimate for the 1980 cohort was 8%. Minimum-Known-Alive (MKA) survival values were 72 and 46% of JS estimates for 6 months and 1 year of age. Survival during the 2nd 6 months of life (spring-summer) tended to be lower than survival during the 1st 6 months (fall-winter).&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.2307/3801762</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wiley</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Survival of young American alligators on a Florida lake</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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