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Characteristics of American alligator bites on people in Florida

2019-08-01

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Human–American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) conflict in Florida, USA, has increased since the early 1970s, along with the recovery of the American alligator population. To better understand factors contributing to the risk of people being bitten by free‐ranging alligators in Florida, we evaluated the trend of alligator bites during 1971–2014 and examined characteristics associated with bites on people do...

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Literature Corpus work: 2e06f69e-f0ca-51fe-bb91-6bc0374a2930
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21719

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