How marine currents influenced the widespread natural overseas dispersal of reptiles in the Western Indian Ocean region

Human translocation as an alternative hypothesis to explain the presence of giant tortoises on remote islands in the south-western Indian Ocean

(2016) Lucienne Wilmé et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Single origin of the Mascarene stick insects: ancient radiation on sunken islands?

(2015) Sven Bradler et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Resurrection of the Comoran fish scale gecko Geckolepis humbloti Vaillant, 1887 reveals a disjunct distribution caused by natural overseas dispersal

(2015) Oliver Hawlitschek et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Sea-level and deep-sea-temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years

(2014) E. J. Rohling et al.   NATURE

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

(2013) R Pyron et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic relationships of Trachylepis skink species from Madagascar and the Seychelles (Squamata: Scincidae)

(2013) Alexandra Lima et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling

(2013) R. Graham Reynolds et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Reliable DNA Barcoding Performance Proved for Species and Island Populations of Comoran Squamate Reptiles

(2013) Oliver Hawlitschek et al.   PLoS One

Large-scale phylogeny of chameleons suggests African origins and Eocene diversification

(2013) K. A. Tolley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cryptic diversity within the endemic prehensile-tailed geckoUrocotyledon inexpectataacross the Seychelles Islands: patterns of phylogeographical structure and isolation at the multilocus level

(2012) SARA ROCHA et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Molecular phylogeny of African hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys): implications for phylogeography and taxonomy (Testudines: Testudinidae)

(2012) Carolin Kindler et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Weak divergence among African, Malagasy and Seychellois hinged terrapins (Pelusios castanoides, P. subniger) and evidence for human-mediated oversea dispersal

(2012) Uwe Fritz et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Repeated Origin and Loss of Adhesive Toepads in Geckos

(2012) Tony Gamble et al.   PLoS One

Island Evolution and Systematic Revision of Comoran Snakes: Why and When Subspecies Still Make Sense

(2012) Oliver Hawlitschek et al.   PLoS One

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

The complex colonization history of nocturnal geckos (Paroedura) in the Comoros Archipelago

(2012) Oliver Hawlitschek et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

A new concept for the paleoceanographic evolution of Heinrich event 1 in the North Atlantic

(2011) J.D. Stanford et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Molecular phylogeny and geographic variation of Malagasy iguanas (Oplurus and Chalarodon)

(2010) Tobias Münchenberg et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Mabuya spp. (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Indian Ocean islands

(2010) Sara Rocha et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

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

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

A connection between the South Equatorial Current north of Madagascar and Mozambique Channel Eddies

(2010) B. C. Backeberg et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Deep genealogical lineages in the widely distributed African helmeted terrapin: Evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa subrufa)

(2010) Mario Vargas-Ramírez et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903

(2010) Christopher M.R. Kelly et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Mammalian biodiversity on Madagascar controlled by ocean currents

(2010) Jason R. Ali et al.   NATURE

Why does the biota of the Madagascar region have such a strong Asiatic flavour?

(2009) Ben H. Warren et al.   CLADISTICS

Multigene phylogeny of Malagasy day geckos of the genus Phelsuma

(2009) S. Rocha et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Indian Ocean circulation and climate variability

(2009) Friedrich A. Schott et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

A Reanalysis of Ocean Climate Using Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA)

(2008) James A. Carton et al.   MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW

Mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal

(2008) Ran Nathan et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION