Giant tortoises spread to western Indian Ocean islands by sea drift in pre‐Holocene times, not by later human agency – response to Wilmé et al. (2016a). (7th October 2016)
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- Title:
- Giant tortoises spread to western Indian Ocean islands by sea drift in pre‐Holocene times, not by later human agency – response to Wilmé et al. (2016a). (7th October 2016)
- Main Title:
- Giant tortoises spread to western Indian Ocean islands by sea drift in pre‐Holocene times, not by later human agency – response to Wilmé et al. (2016a)
- Authors:
- Cheke, Anthony S.
Pedrono, Miguel
Bour, Roger
Anderson, Atholl
Griffiths, Christine
Iverson, John B.
Hume, Julian P.
Walsh, Martin - Abstract:
- Abstract: Evidence from DNA phylogeny, Plio‐Pleistocene ocean currents, giant tortoise dispersal, evolution of plant defences, radiocarbon dates and archaeology indicates that the endemic giant tortoises on the Mascarenes and Seychelles colonized naturally and were not translocated there by humans.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of biogeography. Volume 44:Number 6(2017:Jun.)
- Journal:
- Journal of biogeography
- Issue:
- Volume 44:Number 6(2017:Jun.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 44, Issue 6 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 6
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0044-0006-0000
- Page Start:
- 1426
- Page End:
- 1429
- Publication Date:
- 2016-10-07
- Subjects:
- Aldabra -- Austronesian -- giant tortoise -- heterophylly -- Mascarenes -- radiocarbon dating -- sea drift -- Seychelles
Biogeography -- Periodicals
578.09 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2699 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/jbi.12882 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0305-0270
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