Energetic investment associated with vitellogenesis induces an oxidative cost of reproduction

AC Webb, JB Iverson, CR Knapp… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress is a potential cost of reproduction, but conclusive evidence for this
relationship is lacking. The goal of this study was to serially assess across a seasonal …

The Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima) on St. Eustatius: Genetically Depauperate and Threatened by Ongoing Hybridization

MP van den Burg, PG Meirmans… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima) is an endangered species
threatened by habitat loss and hybridization with non-native Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) …

Phylogenomics and Historical Biogeography of West Indian Rock Iguanas (Genus Cyclura)

RG Reynolds, AH Miller, SA Pasachnik… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The genus Cyclura includes nine extant species and six subspecies of West Indian Rock
Iguanas and is one of the most imperiled genera of squamate reptiles globally. An …

[PDF][PDF] Complex tourism and season interactions contribute to disparate physiologies in an endangered rock iguana

SS French, AC Webb, TE Wilcoxen… - Conservation …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
To promote survival and fitness, organisms use a suite of physiological systems to respond
to both predictable and unpredictable changes in the environment. These physiological …

[PDF][PDF] A checklist of the iguanas of the World

LJ Buckley, K De Queiroz, TD Grant… - Iguanas: biology …, 2016 - scholar.archive.org
This annotated checklist of the world's iguanas (Iguanidae; Iguaninae) represents an update
by the Iguana Taxonomy Working Group (ITWG) of its 2011 list. We recognize 44 extant …

Marine subsidies likely cause gigantism of iguanas in the Bahamas

KM Richardson, JB Iverson, CM Kurle - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
We utilized natural experiment opportunities presented by differential conditions
(presence/absence of seabirds and invasive species) on cays in the Bahamas to study …

Correlated population genetic structure in a three-tiered host-parasite system: the potential for coevolution and adaptive divergence

G Colosimo, AC Jackson, A Benton… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Three subspecies of Northern Bahamian Rock Iguanas, Cyclura cychlura, are
currently recognized: C. c. cychlura, restricted to Andros Island, and C. c. figginsi and C. c …

[HTML][HTML] Using recent genetic history to inform conservation options of two Lesser Caymans iguana (Cyclura nubila caymanensis) populations

TF Rogers, EH Stenhouse, H Wilson, M Pendaries… - Conservation …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Sister Islands rock iguana (Cyclura nubila caymanensis) is critically
endangered and endemic to the Caribbean islands Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. The …

[HTML][HTML] First known trace fossil of a nesting iguana (Pleistocene), The Bahamas

AJ Martin, D Stearns, MJ Whitten, MM Hage, M Page… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Most species of modern iguanas (Iguania, Iguanidae) dig burrows for dwelling and nesting,
yet neither type of burrow has been interpreted as trace fossils in the geologic record. Here …

Evidence for dominant males but not choosy females in an insular rock iguana

JB Moss, GP Gerber, A Schwirian… - Behavioral …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In natural populations susceptible to inbreeding depression, behaviors such as female
promiscuity and disassortative mating may enhance the production of outbred progeny and …