7000 years of turnover: historical contingency and human niche construction shape the Caribbean's Anthropocene biota

ME Kemp, AM Mychajliw… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The human-mediated movement of species across biogeographic boundaries—whether
intentional or accidental—is dramatically reshaping the modern world. Yet humans have …

The continuing march of Common Green Iguanas: arrival on mainland Asia

MP van den Burg, SM Van Belleghem… - Journal for Nature …, 2020 - Elsevier
The popularity of the Common Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) as a pet has contributed to its
global occurrence as an invasive alien species. Early detection and control of alien I. iguana …

Post-hurricane relief facilitates invasion and establishment of two invasive alien vertebrate species in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies

MP van den Burg, JLK Brisbane, CR Knapp - Biological Invasions, 2020 - Springer
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a main driver of current global change and contribute
significantly to decreases in biodiversity worldwide. To prevent new introductions and …

An integrative approach to assess non‐native iguana presence on Saba and Montserrat: Are we losing all native Iguana populations in the Lesser Antilles?

MP van den Burg, M Goetz, L Brannon… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive alien species are among the main drivers of the ongoing sixth mass extinction
wave, especially affecting island populations. Although the Caribbean is well‐known for its …

[HTML][HTML] Painted black: Iguana melanoderma (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae) a new melanistic endemic species from Saba and Montserrat islands (Lesser Antilles)

M Breuil, D Schikorski, B Vuillaume, U Krauss… - ZooKeys, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Lesser Antilles, in the Eastern Caribbean, is inhabited by three Iguana species:
the Lesser Antillean iguanaIguana delicatissima, which is endemic to the northernmost …

Origin of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) invasion in the greater Caribbean Region and Fiji

CN De Jesús Villanueva, W Falcón, X Velez-Zuazo… - Biological …, 2021 - Springer
Invasive populations of green iguanas (Iguanidae: Iguana iguana) are widely established
beyond their native Central, South American, and Lesser Antillean range in various islands …

[PDF][PDF] The global need to address threats from invasive alien iguanas

CR Knapp, TD Grant, SA Pasachnik, B Angin… - Animal …, 2021 - library.iucn-isg.org
Common Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) and Spiny-tailed Iguanas (Ctenosaura similis and
C. pectinata) are native to Neotropical regions. These reptiles have been redistributed …

Monitoring, modeling and harvest management of non-native invasive green iguanas on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

FF Rivera-Milán, J Haakonsson - Biological Invasions, 2020 - Springer
The green iguana (Iguana iguana) was most likely introduced as a pet and became
overabundant during the last 20 years on Grand Cayman. Because negative impacts were …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Potential of Morphometrics to Inform the Conservation of Iguana delicatissima

MP van den Burg, J Kappelhof, A Mitchell, AO Debrot - Conservation, 2024 - mdpi.com
Invasive alien species severely impact native and endemic species, disproportionately
affecting insular species like Caribbean reptiles. The Lesser Antillean iguana, Iguana …

A story of nasal horns: A new species of Iguana Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata, Iguanidae) in Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, and Grenada (Southern Lesser Antilles) and …

M Breuil, B Vuillaume, D Schikorski, U Krauss… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The Lesser Antilles, in the Eastern Caribbean, were long considered to have only
two species in the genus Iguana: the Lesser Antillean iguana Iguana delicatissima, which is …