The need for enemy-free space: The impact of an invasive gecko on island endemics

Biological Conservation

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-474

  Cole, Nik C ^a   Jones, Carl G ^b   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Exclusion; Gecko; Invasion; Mascarenes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENDEMIC SPECIES; LIZARD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

GEKKO; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; NACTUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 20444468504     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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