Hybridization and extinction

M Todesco, MA Pascual, GL Owens… - Evolutionary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization may drive rare taxa to extinction through genetic swam**, where the rare
form is replaced by hybrids, or by demographic swam**, where population growth rates …

A synthesis of biological invasion hypotheses associated with the introduction–naturalisation–invasion continuum

EZ Daly, O Chabrerie, F Massol, B Facon, MCM Hess… - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the advent of the Anthropocene, biological invasions have reached an unprecedented
level, and the number of species introductions is still increasing in an ever‐changing world …

7000 years of turnover: historical contingency and human niche construction shape the Caribbean's Anthropocene biota

ME Kemp, AM Mychajliw… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The human-mediated movement of species across biogeographic boundaries—whether
intentional or accidental—is dramatically resha** the modern world. Yet humans have …

Evolutionary approach for pollution study: The case of ionizing radiation

C Car, L Quevarec, A Gilles, D Réale… - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Estimating the consequences of environmental changes, specifically in a global change
context, is essential for conservation issues. In the case of pollutants, the interest in using an …

Choice of climate data influences predictions for current and future global invasion risks for two Phelsuma geckos

N Dubos, TW Fieldsend, MA Roesch, S Augros… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Invasion risks may be influenced either negatively or positively by climate change,
depending on the species. These can be predicted with species distribution models, but …

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 …

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 …

Favoring recruitment as a conservation strategy to improve the resilience of long‐lived reptile populations: Insights from a population viability analysis

C Warret Rodrigues, B Angin… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In long‐lived species, although adult survival typically has the highest elasticity, temporal
variations in less canalized demographic parameters are the main drivers of population …

[PDF][PDF] Genomic consequences of and demographic response to pervasive hybridization over time in climate-sensitive pikas

D Ge, Z Wen, A Feijó, A Lissovsky… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Rare and geographically restricted species may be vulnerable to genetic effects from
inbreeding depression in small populations or from genetic swam** through hybridization …

Painted black: Iguana melanoderma (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae) a new melanistic endemic species from Saba and Montserrat islands (Lesser Antilles)

M Breuil, D Schikorski, B Vuillaume, U Krauss… - ZooKeys, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Lesser Antilles, in the Eastern Caribbean, is inhabited by three Iguana species:
the Lesser Antillean iguanaIguana delicatissima, which is endemic to the northernmost …