The Response of Anolis Lizards to Hurricane-Induced Habitat Changes in a Puerto Rican Rain Forest

Reagan, Douglas P.

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“…Five anoline species occur sympatrically within mature tabonuco forest at LEF: A. cuvieri, A. evermanni, A. gundlachi, A. occultus, and A. stratulus (Reagan 1991(Reagan , 1992. Three other species, A. cristatellus, A. krugi, and A. pulchellus, occur in openings within the forest (Reagan 1996).…”

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An experimental study of interspecific interactions between two Puerto Rican Anolis lizards

1998

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We analyzed the impact of interspecific interactions between two ecologically and morphologically distinct Puerto Rican lizards, Anolis gundlachi and A. evermanni, in an experimental design consisting of six 20 × 20 m plots divided into three blocks, each consisting of a pair of experimental and control plots. We removed A. gundlachi from experimental plots and monitored the response of A. evermanni. The reduction in the number of A. gundlachi resulted in a significant increase in the abundance of both adult and juvenile A. evermanni. We found no evidence for a shift in structural habitat use in A. evermanni in experimental plots. Two possible mechanisms, interspecific competition and intraguild predation, could explain the increase in abundance of A. evermanni after the removal of A. gundlachi. These results make clear that interactions still occur between A. gundlachi and A. evermanni even given their morphological and ecological differences.

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An experimental study of interspecific interactions between two Puerto Rican Anolis lizards

1998

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“…Habitat structure is important in predicting the abundance and distribution of many taxa, including birds (MacArthur & MacArthur 1961, Brown & Stillman 1993, lizards (Pianka 1966, Reagan 1991, and invertebrates (Nelson 1979, Beck 1998. Such relationships are particularly evident in the early life stages of reef fishes in that recently settled (settlement defined as the immediate transition from a pelagic larval stage to a benthic juvenile stage; Keough & Downes 1982) individuals often appear to select complex habitats (Roberts & Ormond 1987, Tupper & Boutilier 1997.…”

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Habitat-dependent recruitment of two temperate reef fishes at multiple spatial scales

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Anderson²

2004

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…nov., may be related to a modification in the mostly unknown fossil bird biodiversity of MarieGalante Island. This hypothesis is even more plausible considering that hurricanes, which are very frequent in the Caribbean (Walker et al, 1991), seem to have a stronger impact on birds (Waide, 1991) than on the other vertebrate taxa occurring on Marie-Galante during the Pleistocene: lizards (Reagan, 1991;Waide, 1991) and bats (Pedersen et al, 1996). However, this hypothesis cannot be tested because bird fossil remains are scarce in fossil deposits and have never been fully investigated (Gala and Lenoble, 2015).…”

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A new fossil species ofBoaLinnaeus, 1758 (Squamata, Boidae), from the Pleistocene of Marie-Galante Island (French West Indies)

Bochaton

Bailón

2018

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

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ABSTRACT-Several studies have reported the occurrence of fossil remains of a now extinct Boa snake from the upper Pleistocene of Marie-Galante Island, French West Indies. However, these remains have never been fully investigated and no complete description of this possible new species has been published. In this paper, we try to bridge this gap by providing a detailed morphological study of the Boa remains discovered in the three major fossil deposits of Marie-Galante Island. Our study reveals the specific morphological aspects of this fossil snake and allows us to identify it as a new species, Boa blanchardensis. We also reconstructed its body size, carried out a paleohistological investigation, and suggest that this snake may have been a dwarf species. We then discuss the possible explanation for the extinction of this snake on Marie-Galante Island and possibly also on other Guadeloupe islands.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank

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The Response of Anolis Lizards to Hurricane-Induced Habitat Changes in a Puerto Rican Rain Forest

Cited by 61 publications

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An experimental study of interspecific interactions between two Puerto Rican Anolis lizards

An experimental study of interspecific interactions between two Puerto Rican Anolis lizards

Habitat-dependent recruitment of two temperate reef fishes at multiple spatial scales

A new fossil species ofBoaLinnaeus, 1758 (Squamata, Boidae), from the Pleistocene of Marie-Galante Island (French West Indies)

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