Alien reptiles on Mediterranean Islands: A model for invasion biogeography

The Mediterranean basin has a long history of interactions between humans and biota, with multiple ancient and recent introductions of alien species. Such a multitude of introductions makes it difficult to distinguish between alien and native species but provides an excellent opportunity to investigate factors related to introductions and long‐term persistence of alien species. In this study, we combined genetic and distribution data to identify the factors promoting the presence of alien reptiles on islands, considering human‐related, geographic and species features. Furthermore, we assessed whether the use of genetic evidence to identify alien species improves inference of the factors determining their distribution.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity

• Publication date

  2019-03-13

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/ddi.12911
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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