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Bibliography of the genus
Melanosuchus (Black Caiman)
(Reptilia: Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)
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Melanosuchus niger
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Asanza, E. 1992. Population dynamics, ecology and conservation of the black caiman, Melanosuchus niger in Ecuadorian Amazonia. pp. 22-30. In: IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles: proceedings of the 11th working meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN - the World Conservation Union convened at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2 to 7 August 1992. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 283 pp.
Balaguera-Reina, S.A.; Farfán-Ardila, N. 2018. Are we ready for successful apex predator conservation in Colombia? Human-crocodilian interactions as a study case. Herpetological Review 49(1): 5-12.
Botero-Arias, R.; Marmontel, M.; Queiroz, H.L. de 2009. Projeto de manejo experimental de Jacares no estado do Amazonas: abate de Jacares no setor Jaraua - Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentavel Mamiraua, Dezembro de 2008. Uakari 5(2): 49-58.
Brazaitis, P.; Rebelo, G.H.; Yamashita, C. 1996. The status of Caiman crocodilus crocodilus and Melanosuchus niger populations in the Amazonian regions of Brazil. Amphibia-Reptilia 17(4): 377-385.
Campos, Z.; Muniz, F.; Magnusson, W.E. 2018. Where are the black caimans, Melanosuchus niger (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae), in the Xingu River basin, Brazil? Herpetology Notes 11: 1021-1024.
Costa Pereira, A.; Malvasio, A. 2014. Síntese das características da ordem Crocodylia, fatores de influência em estudos populacionais e aspectos de seleção e uso de habitat para Caiman crocodilus e Melanosuchus niger no Estado do Tocantins, Brasil. Biota Amazônia 4(1): 111-118.
Dinets, V. 2011. Natural history notes: Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman). Signaling behavior. Herpetological Review 42(3): 424.
Edmonds, L. 1985. Caimans. Ratel 12(4): 130-136.
Farias, I.P.; Silveira, R. da; Thoisy, B. de; Monjelo, L.A.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Hrbek, T. 2004. Genetic diversity and population structure of Amazonian crocodilians. Animal Conservation 7(3): 265-272.
Foth, C.; Bona, P.; Desojo, J.B. 2015. Intraspecific variation in the skull morphology of the Black Caiman Melanosuchus niger (Alligatoridae, Caimaninae). Acta Zoologica (Copenhagen) 96(1): 1-13.
Haddad, V.; Fonseca, W.C. 2011. A fatal attack on a child by a Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 22(1): 62-64.
Hagmann, G. 1902. Die Eier von Caiman niger. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Lebens- und Fortpflanzungsweise der brasilianischen Reptilien. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 16: 405-410.
Hall, P.M. 1991. Dangerous to man? A record of an attack by a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in Guyana. Herpetological Review 22(1): 9-11.
Herron, J.C. 1991. Growth rates of black caiman Melanosuchus niger and spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus, and the recruitment of breeders in hunted caiman populations. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 55(1): 103-113.
Herron, J.C. 1994. Body size, spatial distribution, and microhabitat use in the caimans, Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus, in a Peruvian lake. Journal of Herpetology 28(4): 508-513.
Herron, J.C.; Emmons, L.H.; Cadle, J.E. 1990. Observations on reproduction in the black caiman, Melanosuchus niger. Journal of Herpetology 24(3): 314-316.
Hines, T.; Rice, K.G. 1992. A report on an initial survey effort to assess the status of the black caiman Melanosuchus niger in the Amazon region of Ecuador. pp. 168-175. In: IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles: proceedings of the 11th working meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN - the World Conservation Union convened at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2 to 7 August 1992. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 283 pp.
Horna, J.V.; Cintra, R.; Vasquez-Ruesta, P. 2001. Feeding ecology of black caiman Melanosuchus niger in a western Amazonian forest: The effects of ontogeny and seasonality on diet composition. Ecotropica 7(1-2): 1-11.
Jahoda, J.C. 1990. Observations on a population of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in Amazonian Ecuador. Vida Silvestre Neotropical 2(2): 79-81.
Laverty, T.M.; Dobson, A.P. 2013. Dietary overlap between Black Caimans and Spectacled Caimans in the Peruvian Amazon. Herpetologica 69(1): 91-101.
Marioni, B.; Silveira, R. da; Magnusson, W.E.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 2008. Feeding behavior of two sympatric caiman species, Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus, in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Herpetology 42(4): 768-772.
Medem, F. 1963. Osteologia craneal, distribucion geografica y ecologia de Melanosuchus niger (Spix) (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas y Naturales 12(45): 5-19.
Moldowan, P.D.; Laverty, T.M.; Emmans, C.J.; Stanley, R.C. 2016. Diet, gastric parasitism, and injuries of caimans (Caiman, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) in the Peruvian Amazon. South American Journal of Herpetology 11(3): 176-182.
Muniz, F.L.; Silveira, R. da; Campos, Z.; Magnusson, W.E.; Hrbek, T.; Farias, I.P. 2011. Multiple paternity in the Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) population in the Anavilhanas National Park, Brazilian Amazonia. Amphibia-Reptilia 32(3): 428-434.
Neira-Martinez, J.A. 1994. Reproduccion de Melanosuchus niger Spix, 1825, caiman negro en cautiverio. Trianea 5: 109-121.
Nicéforo-Maria, H. 1955. El caiman yacare negro (Melanosuchus niger Spix) en Colombia. Caldasia (Bogota) 7(32): 167-171.
Otte, K.C. 1974. Project 579. Research programme Melanosuchus niger in the Manu National Park. World Wildlife Yearbook 1973-1974: 257-260.
Pacheco, A.L.F. 1990. Feeding, reproduction and growth in captive Melanosuchus niger. pp. 109-122. In: Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 10th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN - the World Conservation Union Convened at Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., 23rd to 27th April 1990. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 345 pp.
Pacheco, L.F. 1996. Effects of environmental variables on black caiman counts in Bolivia. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24(1): 44-49.
Pacheco, L.F.; Aparicio, J.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 1991. The first reintroduction of black caiman, Melanosuchus niger, into the wild. Herpetological Review 22(3): 90-91.
Pachon-Rodriguez, J.A.; Rios-Silva, J.M. 1994. Censo preliminar de la poblacion de caiman negro (Melanosuchus niger, Spix, 1825) del rio Amazonas (Colombia). Trianea 5: 407-410.
Plotkin, M.J.; Medem, F.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Constable, I.D. 1983. Distribution and conservation of the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger). pp. 695-705. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology. Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.
Plotkin, M.J.; Mittermeier, R.; Constable, I. 1983. The black caimans of Kaw. Wildlife (London) 25(10): 374-377.
Potts, R. 2001. Endangered reptiles and amphibians of the world - II. The black caiman, Melanosuchus niger (Spix 1825). Herptile 26(2): 53-58.
Rebelo, G.H.; Magnusson, W.E. 1983. An analysis of the effect of hunting on Caiman crocodilus and Melanosuchus niger based on the sizes of confiscated skins. Biological Conservation 26(2): 95-104.
Rebelo, G.H.E.; Lugli, L. 2001. Distribution and abundance of four caiman species (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in Jau National Park, Amazonas, Brazil. Revista de Biologia Tropical 49(3-4): 1095-1109.
Ron, S.R.; Vallejo, A.; Asanza, E. 1998. Human influence on the wariness of Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus in Cuyabeno, Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 32(3): 320-324.
Ron, S.R.; Vallejo, J.A.; Vries, T. de 1999. Influencia de factores abioticos en conteos nocturnos del caiman negro Melanosuchus niger y del caiman blanco Caiman crocodilus en la Amazonia Ecuatoriana. Revista de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador 64: 95-112.
Rosenblatt, A.E.; Li, F.; Holland, A.; Taylor, P.; Kalicharan, L. 2015. Natural history notes: Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman). Diet. Herpetological Review 46(3): 430.
Ross, J.P. 2000. Melanosuchus niger. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. www.iucnredlist.org (viewed 8 May 2015).
Ross, J.P. 2000. Melanosuchus niger. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T13053A3407604. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T13053A3407604.en.
Salinero, M.C.; Michalski, F. 2016. Implications of scientific collaboration networks on studies of aquatic vertebrates in the Brazilian Amazon. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0158413.
Schneider, L.; Eggins, S.; Maher, W.; Vogt, R.C.; Krikowa, F.; Kinsley, L.; Eggins, S.M.; Silveira, R. da 2015. An evaluation of the use of reptile dermal scutes as a non-invasive method to monitor mercury concentrations in the environment. Chemosphere 119: 163-170.
Schneider, L.; Pacheco Peleja, R.; Kluczkovski, A.; Martínez-Freire, G.; Marioni, B.; Vogt, R.C.; Silveira, R. da 2012. Mercury concentration in the Spectacled Caiman and Black Caiman (Alligatoridae) of the Amazon: implications for human health. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 63(2): 270-279.
Silveira, R. da 2002. Conservaçao e manejo do jacare-acu (Melanosuchus niger) na Amazonia brasileira. pp. 61-78. In: Larriera, A.; Verdade, L.M. (eds.). Conservaçao e manejo de jacares e crocodilos da America Latina. Vol. 2. C.N. Editoria, Piracicaba. 184 pp.
Silveira, R. da; Amaral, J.V. do; Magnusson, W.E.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 2011. Natural history notes: Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman). Long distance movement. Herpetological Review 42(3): 424-425.
Silveira, R. da; Campos, Z.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Magnusson, W.E. 2013. Growth rates of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) and spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) from two different Amazonian flooded habitats. Amphibia-Reptilia 34(4): 437-449.
Silveira, R. da; Magnusson, W.E. 1999. Diets of spectacled and black caiman in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, Central Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 33(2): 181-192.
Silveira, R. da; Magnusson, W.E.; Campos, Z. 1997. Monitoring the distribution, abundance and breeding areas of Caiman crocodilus crocodilus and Melanosuchus niger in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, central Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 31(4): 514-520.
Silveira, R. da; Magnusson, W.E.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 2008. Factors affecting the number of caimans seen during spotlight surveys in the Mamiraua Reserve, Brazilian Amazonia. Copeia 2008(2): 425-430.
Silveira, R. da; Ramalho, E.E.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Magnusson, W.E. 2010. Depredation by jaguars on caimans and importance of reptiles in the diet of jaguar. Journal of Herpetology 44(3): 418-424.
Silveira, R. da; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 1999. Conservation implications of commercial hunting of black and spectacled caiman in the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve, Brazil. Biological Conservation 88(1): 103-109.
Taylor, P.; Li, F.; Holland, A.; Martin, M.; Rosenblatt, A.E. 2016. Growth rates of Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in the Rupununi region of Guyana. Amphibia-Reptilia 37(1): 9-14.
Tejado, C. 2012. [Abundance of Melanosuchus niger Spix, 1825, Paleosuchus trigonatus Schneider, 1801 y Caiman crocodilus L., 1758 within the Mazan river basin (Amazonas, Peru)]. (In Spanish). Munibe (Ciencias Naturales - Natur Zientziak) 60: 113-130.
Thoisy, B. de; Hrbek, T.; Farias, I.P.; Vasconcelos, W.R.; Lavergne, A. 2006. Genetic structure, population dynamics, and conservation of Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger). Biological Conservation 133(4): 474-482.
Torralvo, K.; Botero-Arias, R.; Magnusson, W.E. 2017. Temporal variation in black-caiman-nest predation in varzea of central Brazilian amazonia. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183476
Torralvo, K.; Rabelo, R.M. 2018. Natural history notes: Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman) and Caiman crocodilus (Spectacled Caiman). Nesting. Herpetological Review 49(1): 113-114.
Vasconcelos, W.R.; Hrbek, T.; Silveira, R. da; Thoisy, B. de; Santos Ruffeil, L.A.A. dos; Farias, I.P. 2008. Phylogeographic and conservation genetic analysis of the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology 309A(10): 600-613.
Vasquez, P.G. 1991. Melanosuchus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 530: 1-4.
Vergne, A.L.; Aubin, T.; Martin, S.; Mathevon, N. 2012. Acoustic communication in crocodilians: information encoding and species specificity of juvenile calls. Animal Cognition 15(6): 1095-1109.
Villamarin, F.; Jardine, T.D.; Bunn, S.E.; Marioni, B.; Magnusson, W.E. 2017. Opportunistic top predators partition food resources in a tropical freshwater ecosystem. Freshwater Biology 62(8): 1389-1400
Villamarin, F.; Marioni, B.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Nelson, B.W.; Botero-Arias, R.; Magnusson, W.E. 2011. Conservation and management implications of nest-site selection of the sympatric crocodilians Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus in Central Amazonia, Brazil. Biological Conservation 144(2): 913-919.
Villamarin-Jurado, F.; Suarez, E. 2007. Nesting of the Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in northeastern Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 41(1): 164-167.
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