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Habitat use and ecological interactions of an introduced and a native species of Anolis lizard on Grand Cayman, with a review of the outcomes of anole introductions
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Review of data concerning 23 Anolis introductions indicates that the presence or absence of an ecologically similar native species may be an important determinant of colonization success or failure.Abstract:
Since its introduction ten years ago, Anolis sagrei has spread over much of Grand Cayman and is now more common in some habitats than the native anole, A. conspersus. Interspecific differences in body size, perch height, and microclimatic preference may have facilitated the colonization. Nonetheless, competition may be occurring between the species; comparisons with studies of habitat use prior to the arrival of A. sagrei indicate that in open habitats, where A. sagrei is now abundant, A. conspersus perches higher, but in closed habitats, where A. sagrei is absent, no change in perch height is evident. Review of data concerning 23 Anolis introductions indicates that the presence or absence of an ecologically similar native species may be an important determinant of colonization success or failure.read more
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An experimental study of interspecific interactions between two Puerto Rican Anolis lizards
TL;DR: It is clear that interactions still occur between A. gundlachi and A. evermanni even given their morphological and ecological differences, and two possible mechanisms, interspecific competition and intraguild predation, could explain the increase in abundance of A.Evermanni after the removal of A.'s gundLachi.
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Niche incumbency, dispersal limitation and climate shape geographical distributions in a species-rich island adaptive radiation
TL;DR: These results suggest that, rather than act as mutually exclusive alternatives, multiple dimensions of the ecological niche, including climatic limits, biotic interactions and dispersal capacity, interact to shape species distributions and that local interactions can influence the broad-scale geography of species in a predictable way.
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Weak founder effect signal in a recent introduction of Caribbean Anolis
TL;DR: It is suggested that aspects of the reproductive ecology of Anolis offer an important mechanism by which genetic variation may be maintained following demographic bottlenecks and founder events in some squamate taxa.
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Species introductions and their ecological consequences: an example with congeneric sunfish
TL;DR: It is predicted that redear would reduce snail availability, alter pumpkinseed diet, and reduce pumpkinseed growth and density, and to examine these predictions, pumpkinseed diets, growth, and densities are surveyed, as well as snail availability in lakes with and without introduced redear.
A New Record of an Introduced Species, the Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) (Duméril & Bibron, 1837), in Taiwan
TL;DR: Gerrut Norval, Jean-Jay Mao, Hsin-Pin Chu and Lee-Chang Chen as discussed by the authors have proposed a Global Village Education Center, No. 436, Chongshan Road, Chiayi City, Taiwan 600, R.O.C.
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