Biogeographic mechanisms involved in the colonization of Madagascar by African vertebrates: Rifting, rafting and runways

Evolution of the Glorieuses seamount in the SW Indian Ocean and surrounding deep Somali Basin since the Cretaceous

(2020) E. Leroux et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity

(2020) David W. Krause et al.   NATURE

A New Species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from a Madagascan Lineage Discovered in Coastal Kenya

(2020) Veronicah Mutele Ngumbau et al.   SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Variable Climates Lead to Varying Phenotypes: “Weird” Mammalian Torpor and Lessons From Non-Holarctic Species

(2020) Julia Nowack et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Grasping at straws: a re-evaluation of sweepstakes colonisation of islands by mammals

(2019) Paul P.A. Mazza et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

New starting point for the Indian Ocean: Second phase of breakup for Gondwana

(2019) J.O. Thompson et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Mammals and long‐distance over‐water colonization: The case for rafting dispersal; the case against phantom causeways

(2019) Jason R. Ali et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Gondwana breakup: Messages from the North Natal Valley

(2019) Maryline Moulin et al.   TERRA NOVA

OUP accepted manuscript

(2018)   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Post-rift stratigraphic evolution of the Atlantic margin of Namibia and South Africa: Implications for the vertical movements of the margin and the uplift history of the South African Plateau

(2018) Guillaume Baby et al.   MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Extreme physiological plasticity in a hibernating basoendothermic mammal,Tenrec ecaudatus

(2018) Michael D. Treat et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Zambezi delta (Mozambique channel, East Africa): High resolution dating combining bio-orbital and seismic stratigraphy to determine climate (palaeoprecipitation) and tectonic controls on a passive margin

(2018) Ponte Jean-Pierre et al.   MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

The offshore east African rift system: new insights from the Sakalaves seamounts (Davie Ridge, SW Indian Ocean)

(2018) Simon Courgeon et al.   TERRA NOVA

Impact of tectonic and volcanism on the Neogene evolution of isolated carbonate platforms (SW Indian Ocean)

(2017) S. Courgeon et al.   SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY

Impact of windage on ocean surface Lagrangian coherent structures

(2016) Michael R. Allshouse et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS

New Somali Basin magnetic anomalies and a plate model for the early Indian Ocean

(2016) Joshua K. Davis et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Islands as biological substrates: classification of the biological assemblage components and the physical island types

(2016) Jason R. Ali   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Growth and demise of Cenozoic isolated carbonate platforms: New insights from the Mozambique Channel seamounts (SW Indian Ocean)

(2016) S. Courgeon et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Madagascar's climate at the K/P boundary and its impact on the island's biotic suite

(2016) Masamichi Ohba et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Lemurs Inferred with Recent and Ancient Fossils in the Tree

(2016) James P. Herrera et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Continental Island Formation and the Archaeology of Defaunation on Zanzibar, Eastern Africa

(2016) Mary E. Prendergast et al.   PLoS One

History of the development of the East African Rift System: A series of interpreted maps through time

(2015) Duncan Macgregor   JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES

To swim or not to swim, that is the question: a reply to van der Geeret al.

(2015) Paul P.A. Mazza   LETHAIA

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

Hippos stem from the longest sequence of terrestrial cetartiodactyl evolution in Africa

(2015) Fabrice Lihoreau et al.   Nature Communications

The red island and the seven dwarfs: body size reduction in Cheirogaleidae

(2014) Judith C. Masters et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

If hippopotamuses cannot swim, how did they colonize islands?

(2014) Paul P. A. Mazza   LETHAIA

If hippopotamuses cannot swim, how did they colonize islands: a reply to Mazza

(2014) Alexandra A. E. van der Geer et al.   LETHAIA

First cranial remains of a gondwanatherian mammal reveal remarkable mosaicism

(2014) David W. Krause et al.   NATURE

As old as the mountains: the radiations of the Ericaceae

(2014) Orlando Schwery et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution

(2014) K. J. Mitchell et al.   SCIENCE

Spatio-temporal history of the endemic genera of Madagascar

(2013) Sven Buerki et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Imperfect Isolation: Factors and Filters Shaping Madagascar’s Extant Vertebrate Fauna

(2013) Karen E. Samonds et al.   PLoS One

Macroevolutionary Dynamics and Historical Biogeography of Primate Diversification Inferred from a Species Supermatrix

(2012) Mark S. Springer et al.   PLoS One

Spatial and temporal arrival patterns of Madagascar's vertebrate fauna explained by distance, ocean currents, and ancestor type

(2012) K. E. Samonds et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vertebrate time-tree elucidates the biogeographic pattern of a major biotic change around the K-T boundary in Madagascar

(2012) A. Crottini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ecological and evolutionary determinants for the adaptive radiation of the Madagascan vangas

(2012) K. A. Jonsson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolution of endothermy in Cenozoic mammals: a plesiomorphic-apomorphic continuum

(2011) Barry Gordon Lovegrove   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Hibernation and Torpor in Tropical and Subtropical Bats in Relation to Energetics, Extinctions, and the Evolution of Endothermy

(2011) F. Geiser et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Evolving between land and water: key questions on the emergence and history of the Hippopotamidae (Hippopotamoidea, Cetancodonta, Cetartiodactyla)

(2010) Jean-Renaud Boisserie et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Eastward from Africa: palaeocurrent-mediated chameleon dispersal to the Seychelles islands

(2010) T. M. Townsend et al.   Biology Letters

Le plus ancien hippopotame fossile (Hippopotamus laloumena) de Madagascar (Belobaka, Province de Mahajanga)

(2010) Martine Faure et al.   COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL

Heterothermy in the southern African hedgehog, Atelerix frontalis

(2010) Stacey L. Hallam et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Seasonal and interannual variability in the Mozambique Channel from moored current observations

(2010) H. Ridderinkhof et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Mammalian biodiversity on Madagascar controlled by ocean currents

(2010) Jason R. Ali et al.   NATURE

Washed up in Madagascar

(2010) David W. Krause   NATURE

Tropical cyclones and permanent El Niño in the early Pliocene epoch

(2010) Alexey V. Fedorov et al.   NATURE

Torpor on Demand: Heterothermy in the Non-Lemur Primate Galago moholi

(2010) Julia Nowack et al.   PLoS One

Early Miocene hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla) constrain the phylogenetic and spatiotemporal settings of hippopotamid origin

(2010) M. Orliac et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A new starting point for the South and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

(2009) Maryline Moulin et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Madagascar volcanic provinces linked to the Gondwana break-up: Geochemical and isotopic evidences for contrasting mantle sources

(2009) Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Hippopotamus Underwater Locomotion: Reduced-Gravity Movements for a Massive Mammal

(2009) Brittany L. Coughlin et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Insular dwarfism in hippos and a model for brain size reduction in Homo floresiensis

(2009) Eleanor M. Weston et al.   NATURE

Torpor and hibernation in a basal placental mammal, the Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec Echinops telfairi

(2008) Barry G. Lovegrove et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics

(2008) James C. Zachos et al.   NATURE

Gondwanan break-up: legacies of a lost world?

(2008) Paul Upchurch   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION