Trade Forensics of Varanus
September 15, 2013 5:12 pmWe provide a phylogenetic and population genetic evaluation of the illegal pet and bush meat trade of monitor lizards in the Philippines. We use a molecular dataset...
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Varanid Phylogeny and Evolution
September 15, 2013 5:08 pmRecent conceptual, technological and methodological advances in phylogenetics have enabled increasingly robust statistical species delimitation in studies of biodiversity. As the variety of evidence purporting species diversity...
Lycodon Phylogeny and Diversity
September 15, 2013 5:04 pmThe diverse group of Asian wolf snakes of the genus Lycodon represents one of many poorly understood radiations of advanced snakes in the superfamily Colubroidea. Outside of...
Brachymeles Population Genetics
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Sea-level Changes in Pleistocene Leads to Philippine Diversity
September 15, 2013 4:57 pmApproximate Bayesian computation (ABC) is rapidly gaining popularity in population genetics. One example, msBayes, infers the distribution of divergence times among pairs of taxa, allowing phylogeographers to...
Delimiting Cryptic Mammal Diversity on Java Island, Indonesia
September 15, 2013 4:54 pmIn theory, competition among species in a shared habitat results in niche separation. In the case of small recondite mammals such as shrews, little is known about...
Sierra Madre Mountain Range, Philippines Herp Inventory
September 15, 2013 4:40 pmWe provide the first report on the herpetological biodiversity (amphibians and reptiles) of the northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range (Cagayan and Isabela provinces), northeast Luzon Island, Philippines....
Studying a Novel Adaptive Radiation
September 15, 2013 4:36 pmLiving amphibians exhibit a diversity of ecologies, life histories, and species-rich lineages that offers opportunities for studies of adaptive radiation. We characterize a diverse clade of frogs...