nature video | A tale of three lizards: The problem with predators @NatureVideoChannel | Uploaded June 2019 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
Introducing a new top-predator onto islands in the Caribbean turned out to be bad news for some small tree-dwelling lizards. Ecologists spent six years running a series of evolutionary experiments, observing the lives of brown anoles, green anoles and predatory curly-tailed lizards. These results could impact how ecologists manage introduced and invasive predators around the world.
Read the paper here: nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1264-6
As well as a News & Views article: nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01712-7
5th June 2019
Introducing a new top-predator onto islands in the Caribbean turned out to be bad news for some small tree-dwelling lizards. Ecologists spent six years running a series of evolutionary experiments, observing the lives of brown anoles, green anoles and predatory curly-tailed lizards. These results could impact how ecologists manage introduced and invasive predators around the world.
Read the paper here: nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1264-6
As well as a News & Views article: nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01712-7
5th June 2019