Establishment of introduced reptiles increases with the presence and richness of native congeners

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 387-392

  Ferreira, Rodrigo B ^a   Beard, Karen H ^a   Peterson, Stephen L ^a   Poessel, Sharon A ^a   Callahan, Colin M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Darwin's naturalization hypothesis; Herpetofauna; Introduced species; Invasive species; Preadaptation hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROCODILIAN; DATA SET; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIZARD; NATIVE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84881157113     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002841     Document Type: Article

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