An impact assessment of the alien lizard Plestiodon japonicus (Scincidae, Reptilia) on a threatened island population of the native lizard P. latiscutatus at an early phase of the biological invasion

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2029-2037

  Okamoto, Taku ^a   Kuriyama, Takeo ^b   Goka, Koichi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA; Impact assessment; Introgression; Island invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HERPETOFAUNA; HYBRID; INTROGRESSION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; MUSTELID; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION;

CHUBU; HACHIJO ISLAND; HONSHU; IZU ISLANDS; JAPAN; SHIZUOKA [CHUBU];

MUSTELA ITATSI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84881030819     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0429-8     Document Type: Article

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