Wariness of Caiman Populations and Its Effect on Abundance Estimates

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Acknowledgments.-This research was partly funded by a Penn Chemicals Travel Grant Fund. We would like to thank Dr. James Cadbury and Mr. Adrian Skerritt, RSNC, Aride Island Trustees for permission to work on the island; Mr. Robert Lidstone-Scott, Phillippa Bond and Oglivy for assistance and information while working on the island; Mr. Norman Simmonds, Dept of Agriculture, Scotland; Dr. Peter Jones, Plant Science, U.C.C. and Dr. Tom Gittings, Dept. of Zoology, U.C.C. for statistical advice; Miss Lynn Ballard, Miss Ruth Richards and Mr Alan Browne, Dept. of Zoology, U.C.C. for assistance in the preparation of results, and Dr. Drew Gardner for comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript.