Post-hurricane relief facilitates invasion and establishment of two invasive alien vertebrate species in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies

MP van den Burg, JLK Brisbane, CR Knapp - Biological Invasions, 2020 - Springer
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a main driver of current global change and contribute
significantly to decreases in biodiversity worldwide. To prevent new introductions and …

An integrative approach to assess non‐native iguana presence on Saba and Montserrat: Are we losing all native Iguana populations in the Lesser Antilles?

MP van den Burg, M Goetz, L Brannon… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive alien species are among the main drivers of the ongoing sixth mass extinction
wave, especially affecting island populations. Although the Caribbean is well‐known for its …

Phylogenomics and Historical Biogeography of West Indian Rock Iguanas (Genus Cyclura)

RG Reynolds, AH Miller, SA Pasachnik… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The genus Cyclura includes nine extant species and six subspecies of West Indian Rock
Iguanas and is one of the most imperiled genera of squamate reptiles globally. An …

Using recent genetic history to inform conservation options of two Lesser Caymans iguana (Cyclura nubila caymanensis) populations

TF Rogers, EH Stenhouse, H Wilson, M Pendaries… - Conservation …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Sister Islands rock iguana (Cyclura nubila caymanensis) is critically
endangered and endemic to the Caribbean islands Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. The …

Mitochondrial genome of the critically Endangered silver boa (Chilabothrus argentum; Squamata: Boidae)

AA Vanerelli, AH Miller, LC Comsa… - … DNA Part B, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We present the complete mitochondrial genome of Chilabothrus argentum, which is 17,345
bp in length, has 22 transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal subunits (rRNAs), 13 …

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Critically Endangered Saba Green Iguana, Iguana iguana (Squamata: Iguanidae)

MP Van den Burg, A Ramón-Laca… - … DNA Part B, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The populations of native iguanas in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles are threatened by the
wide occurrence and spread of non-native iguanas. Until recently, competitive hybridization …