Alfred Russel Wallace and the destruction of island life: The Iguana tragedy

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 259-265

  Kutschera, Ulrich ^a   Kleinhans, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Darwin; Evolution; Extinction; Iguanas; Island life; Wallace

Indexed keywords

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOSAURA; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIA; IGUANIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IGUANIDAE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HONDURAS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; IGUANAS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLANDS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84887817548     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-013-0193-4     Document Type: Article

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