Genetic evidence of a recent successful colonization of introduced species on islands: Boa constrictor imperator on Cozumel Island

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2101-2116

  Vázquez Domínguez, Ella ^a   Suárez Atilano, Marco ^a   Booth, Warren ^b   González Baca, Cristopher ^c   Cuarón, Alfredo D ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SACBÉ Servicios Ambientales Conservación Biológica y Educación   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Boidae; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Invasive species; Mexico; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION SIZE; SNAKE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COZUMEL; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

BOA CONSTRICTOR; BOIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865796400     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0217-x     Document Type: Review

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