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In nests built inland, predation was the major cause of egg mortality whereas flooding resulted in more deaths of eggs in the flooding zone. Flooding killed 25% of eggs monitored in this study. We suggest that to increase nest success in the Morelet\u2019s crocodile it is necessary to promote conservation of nesting areas around the lake, recently occupied by urban or tourist developments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1590\/1519-6984.19015","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,16]],"date-time":"2017-03-16T14:10:06Z","timestamp":1489673406000},"page":"724-730","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Nesting of Morelet\u2019s crocodile, Crocodylus moreletii (Dumeril and Bibron), in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico"],"prefix":"10.1590","volume":"77","author":[{"given":"A.","family":"Villegas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidad Aut\u00f3noma Metropolitana, M\u00e9xico; Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, M\u00e9xico; Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, M\u00e9xico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"G. 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