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• 2017

  Amphibians on the brink

  Bower, D. S., Lips, K. R., Schwarzkopf, L., Georges, A. & Clulow, S., 4 Aug 2017, In: Science. 357, 6350, p. 454-455 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Differential intron retention in Jumonji chromatin modifier genes is implicated in reptile temperature-dependent sex determination

  Deveson, I. W., Holleley, C. E., Blackburn, J., Graves, J. A. M., Mattick, J. S., Waters, P. D. & Georges, A., Jun 2017, In: Science Advances. 3, 6, p. 1-9 9 p., e1700731.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  47 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Resolution of the enigmatic phylogenetic relationship of the critically endangered Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina (Pleurodira: Chelidae) using a complete mitochondrial genome

  ZHANG, X., Unmack, P. J., Kuchling, G., Wang, Y. & Georges, A., 1 Oct 2017, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115, p. 58-61 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pseudemydura umbrina
  • Chelidae
  • Wetlands
  • tortoise
  • Turtles
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Resource partitioning among five sympatric species of freshwater turtles from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

  Welsh, M. A., Doody, J. S. & Georges, A., 2017, In: Wildlife Research. 44, 3, p. 219-229 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Responses of an Australian freshwater turtle to drought-flood cycles along a natural to urban gradient

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2017, In: Austral Ecology. Online, p. 1-14 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Sex determination mode does not affect body or genital development of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

  Whiteley, S. L., Holleley, C. E., Ruscoe, W. A., Castelli, M., Whitehead, D. L., Lei, J., Georges, A. & Weisbecker, V., 4 Dec 2017, In: EvoDevo. 8, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 25.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Pogona vitticeps
  • sex determination
  • genitalia
  • Genitalia
  • Sex Determination Processes
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea

  Thomson, S., Anamiato, J. & GEORGES, A., 21 Aug 2015, In: Zootaxa. 4006, 1, p. 59-82 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • new subgenus
  • New Guinea
  • turtle
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing biodiversity and endemism using phylogenetic methods across multiple taxonomic groups

  GONZALEZ-OROZCO, C., Mishler, B., Miller, J., Laffan, S., Knerr, N., UNMACK, P., GEORGES, A., Thornhill, A., Rosauer, D. & GRUBER, B., 2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 22, p. 5177-5192 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • endemism
  • indigenous species
  • phylogenetics
  • biodiversity
  • phylogeny
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Defining priority areas through social and biological data for the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) conservation program in the Kikori Region, Papua New Guinea

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 28, p. 19-25 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • turtle
  • pig
  • protected area
  • sandbank
  • program

• First record of hatchling overwintering inside the natal nest of a chelid turtle

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 63, 4, p. 287-291 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • overwintering
  • nest
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • nests
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• High-coverage sequencing and annotated assembly of the genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps

  GEORGES, A., Li, Q., Lian, J., O'Meally, D., DEAKIN, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, P., Fujita, M., Patel, H., Zhou, Y., MATSUBARA, K., Waters, P., Graves, J., SARRE, S. & Zhang, G., 2015, In: Giga Science. 4, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 45.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Lizards
  • Genes
  • Genome
  • Reptiles
  • Scaffolds
  54 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Myuchelys bellii (Gray 1844) – Western Saw-shelled Turtle, Bell’s Turtle

  Fielder, D., Chessman, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. Online, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Myuchelys georgesi (Cann 1997) – Bellinger River Turtle

  Cann, J., Spencer, R., Welsh, M. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. Online, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Phylogenetic Uncertainty and Taxonomic Re-revisions: An Example from the Australian Short-necked Turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)

  Spinks, P., GEORGES, A. & Shaffer, H., 1 Sep 2015, In: Copeia. 103, 3, p. 536-540 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • uncertainty
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Salinity of the coastal nesting environment and its association with body size in the estuarine pig-nosed turtle

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Journal of Zoology. 295, 1, p. 65-74 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carettochelys insculpta
  • turtle
  • body size
  • pig
  • sandbank
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Sex reversal triggers the rapid transition from genetic to temperature-dependent sex

  HOLLELEY, C., OMEALLY, D., SARRE, S., Graves, J., EZAZ, T., MATSUBARA, K. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Nature. 523, 7558, p. 79-82 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Temperature
  • Animals
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Climate change
  • Fish
  138 Citations (Scopus)

• Significant genetic structure despite high vagility revealed through mitochondrial phylogeography of an Australian freshwater turtle (Chelodina longicollis)

  Donnellan, S. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 66, 11, p. 1045-1056 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina
  • phylogeography
  • genetic structure
  • turtle
  • turtles
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial and temporal patterns of harvesting of the Vulnerable pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta in the Kikori region, Papua New Guinea

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Oryx. 49, 4, p. 659-668 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carettochelys insculpta
  • Papua New Guinea
  • turtle
  • pig
  • harvest
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The Genome 10K Project: A Way Forward

  Koepfli, K-P., Paten, B., Antunes, A., Belov, K., Bustamante, C., Castoe, T., Clawson, H., Crawford, A., Diekhans, M., Distel, D., Durbin, R., Earl, D., Fujita, M., Gamble, T., GEORGES, A., Gemmell, N., Gilbert, T., Marshall Graves, J., Green, R., Hickey, G. & 25 others, Jarvis, E., Johnson, W., Komissarov, A., Korf, I., Kuhn, R., Larkin, D., Lewin, H., Lopez, J., Ma, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Miller, W., Murphy, R., Pevzner, P., Shapiro, B., Steiner, C., Tamazian, G., Venkatesh, B., Wang, J., Wayne, R., Wiley, E., Yang, H., Zhang, G., Haussler, D., Ryder, O. & O’Brien, S., 2015, In: Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. 3, 1, p. 57-111 55 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Genome
  • genome
  • Vertebrates
  • vertebrates
  • Gift Giving
  165 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  A biogeographical history and timeline for the evolution of Australian snapping turtles (Elseya: Chelidae) in Australia and New Guinea

  Todd, E. V., Blair, D., GEORGES, A., Lukoschek, V. & Jerry, D. R., May 2014, In: Journal of Biogeography. 41, 5, p. 905-918 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae
  • Chelydridae
  • New Guinea
  • turtle
  • aridification
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• A complete mitochondrial genome sequence for the Australian turtle, Chelodina longicollis, obtained using 454-pyrosequencing

  GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 6, 3, p. 555-557 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina
  • Turtles
  • Mitochondrial Genome
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • turtle
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841: Northern Snake-Necked Turtle

  Kennett, R., Fordham, D., Alacs, E., Corey, B. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. 5, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chelodina
  • turtles
  • snakes
  • dry season
  • wet season

• Contemporary genetic structure of an endemic freshwater turtle reflects Miocene orogenesis of New Guinea

  GEORGES, A., UNMACK, P., Reid, B. N., Le, M. & McCord, W., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, 1, p. 192-208 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New Guinea
  • genetic structure
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • orogeny
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Contemporary genetic structure of an endemic freshwater turtle reflects Miocene orogenesis of New Guinea (vol 111, pg 192, 2014)

  Georges, A., Zhang, X., Unmack, P., Reid, B. N., Le, M. & Mccord, W. P., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, p. 192-208

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Global Biodiversity Assessment and Hyper-Cryptic Species Complexes: More Than One Species of Elephant in the Room?

  Adams, M., Raadik, T., Burridge, C. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Systematic Biology. 63, 4, p. 518-533 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biodiversity
  • species complex
  • cryptic species
  • Galaxias olidus
  • biodiversity
  98 Citations (Scopus)

• Highly Differentiated ZW Sex Microchromosomes in the Australian Varanus Species Evolved through Rapid Amplification of Repetitive Sequences

  MATSUBARA, K., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Matsuda, Y., Graves, J. & EZAZ, T., 2014, In: PLoS One. 9, 4, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Varanus
  • W chromosome
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences
  • repetitive sequences
  27 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• How do climate-linked sex ratios and dispersal limit range boundaries?

  Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., HONE, J. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: BMC Ecology. 14, p. 1-10 10 p., 19.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • sex ratio
  • sex determination
  • climate
  • gender
  • persistence
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Molecular evolution of Dmrt1 accompanies change of sex-determining mechanisms in reptilia

  Janes, D., Organ, C., O'Meally, D., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Graves, J., Valenzuela, N., Literman, R., Rutherford, K., Gemmell, N., Iverson, J., Tamplin, J., Edwards, S. V. & EZAZ, T., Dec 2014, In: Biology Letters. 10, 12, p. 1-4 4 p., 20140809.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Reptiles
  • Molecular Evolution
  • sex reversal
  • Reptilia
  • gender
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Non-Homologous Sex Chromosomes in Two Geckos (Gekkonidae: Gekkota) with Female Heterogamety

  MATSUBARA, K., Gamble, T., Matsuda, Y., Zarkower, D., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Graves, J. & EZAZ, T., 2014, In: Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 143, 4, p. 251-258 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Lizards
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Chromosomes
  • Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X
  • Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogeography of the Australian freshwater turtle Chelodina expansa reveals complex relationships among inland and coastal bioregions

  Donnellan, S. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, 4, p. 789-805 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina
  • phylogeography
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • biogeographical region
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Reptile bycatch in a pest-exclusion fence established for wildlife reintroductions

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 22, 6, p. 577-585 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • reintroduction
  • pest
  • bycatch
  • reptile
  • turtle
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• The risk of inter-specific competition in Australian short-necked turtles

  Spencer, R-J., GEORGES, A., Lim, D. & Reid, A., Jul 2014, In: Ecological Research. 29, 4, p. 767-777 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • interspecific competition
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • diet
  • rivers
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Under what conditions do climate-driven sex ratios enhance versus diminish population persistence?

  Boyle, M., HONE, J., Schwanz, L. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 23, p. 4522-4533 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • sex ratio
  • climate conditions
  • persistence
  • climate
  • sex determination
  25 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Contemporary genetic structure reflects historical drainage isolation in an Australian snapping turtle, Elseya albagula

  Todd, E. V., Blair, D., Farrington, L., FitzSimmons, N., GEORGES, A., Limpus, C. J. & Jerry, D. R., 2013, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169, p. 200-214 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chelydridae
  • historic sites
  • genetic structure
  • turtle
  • drainage
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• For reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination, thermal variability may be as important as thermal averages

  GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Animal Conservation. 16, 5, p. 493-494 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • sex determination
  • sex ratio
  • reptile
  • nest site
  • climate change
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Karyotypic analysis and FISH mapping of microsatellite motifs reveal highly differentiated XX/XY sex chromosomes in the pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella, Pygopodidae, Squamata)

  MATSUBARA, K., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A. & EZAZ, T., 2013, In: Molecular Cytogenetics. 6:60, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Lizards
  • Y Chromosome
  • Chromosomes
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  29 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Molecular cytogenetic map of the central bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps (Squamata: Agamidae)

  O'Meally, D., Sarre, S., Georges, A. & Ezaz, T., 2013, In: Chromosome Research. 21, p. 361-374 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cytogenetics
  • Nucleolus Organizer Region
  • Reptiles
  • Chickens
  • Chromosomes
  41 Citations (Scopus)

• Novel evolutionary pathways of sex-determining mechanisms

  Schwanz, L., EZAZ, T., GRUBER, B. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26, 12, p. 2544-2557 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • sex determination
  • gender
  • sex reversal
  • transition
  • temperature
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea

  Le, M., Reid, B. N., McCord, W., Naro-Maciel, E., Raxworthy, C., Amato, G. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68, p. 251-258 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New Guinea
  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • Turtles
  • turtle
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Salinity of incubation media influences embryonic development of a freshwater turtle

  BOWER, D. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology Series B. 183, p. 235-241 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Salinity
  • Turtles
  • embryonic development
  • Fresh Water
  • turtle
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Sequence and gene content of a large fragment of a lizard sex chromosome and evaluation of candidate sex differentiating gene R-spondin 1

  EZAZ, T., O'Meally, D., MATSUBARA, K., Edwards, M., HOLLELEY, C., DEAKIN, J., Graves, J., GEORGES, A., Edwards, S. V. & SARRE, S., 2013, In: BMC Genomics. 14:899, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • vpr Genes
  • Lizards
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Reptiles
  • Genes
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• The conservation status of the world's reptiles

  Böhm, M., Collen, B., Baillie, J. E. M., Bowles, P., Chanson, J., Cox, N., Hammerson, G., Hoffmann, M., Livingstone, S. R., Ram, M., Rhodin, A. G. J., Stuart, S. N., van Dijk, P. P., Young, B. E., Afuang, L. E., Aghasyan, A., García, A., Aguilar, C., Ajtic, R., Akarsu, F. & 223 others, Alencar, L. R. V., Allison, A., Ananjeva, N., Anderson, S., Andren, C., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Arredondo, J. C., Auliya, M., Austin, C. C., Avci, A., Baker, P. J., Barreto-Lima, A. F., Barrio-Amorós, C. L., Basu, D., Bates, M. F., Batistella, A., Bauer, A., Bennett, D., Böhme, W., Broadley, D., Brown, R., Burgess, J., Captain, A., Carreira, S., Castañeda, M. D. R., Castro, F., Catenazzi, A., Cedeño-Vázquez, J. R., Chapple, D. G., Cheylan, M., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Cogalniceanu, D., Cogger, H., Corti, C., Costa, G. C., Couper, P. J., Courtney, T., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Crochet, P. A., Crother, B., Cruz, F., Daltry, J. C., Daniels, R. J. R., Das, I., de Silva, A., Diesmos, A. C., Dirksen, L., Doan, T. M., Dodd, C. K., Dorcas, M. E., Duarte de Barros Filho, J., Egan, V., El Mouden, E. H., Embert, D., Espinoza, R. E., Fallabrino, A., Feng, X., Feng, Z. J., Fitzgerald, L., Flores-Villela, O., França, F. G. R., Frost, D., Gadsden, H., Gamble, T., Ganesh, S. R., Garcia, M., García-Pérez, J. E., Gatus, J., Gaulke, M., Geniez, P., GEORGES, A., Gerlach, J., Goldberg, S., Gonzalez, J. C. T., Gower, D. J., Grant, T., Greenbaum, E., Grieco, C., Guo, P., Hamilton, A. M., Hare, K., Hedges, S. B., Heideman, N., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hitchmough, R., Hollingsworth, B., Hutchinson, M., Ineich, I., Iverson, J., Jaksic, F. M., Jenkins, R., Joger, U., Jose, R., Kaska, Y., Kaya, U., Keogh, J. S., Köhler, G., Kuchling, G., Kumluta?, Y., Kwet, A., La Marca, E., Lamar, W., Lane, A., Lardner, B., Latta, C., Latta, G., Lau, M., Lavin, P., Lawson, D., LeBreton, M., Lehr, E., Limpus, D., Lipczynski, N., Lobo, A. S., López-Luna, M. A., Luiselli, L., Lukoschek, V., Lundberg, M., Lymberakis, P., Macey, R., Magnusson, W. E., Mahler, D. L., Malhotra, A., Mariaux, J., Maritz, B., Marques, O. A. V., Márquez, R., Martins, M., Masterson, G., Mateo, J. A., Mathew, R., Mathews, N., Mayer, G., McCranie, J. R., Measey, G. J., Mendoza-Quijano, F., Menegon, M., Metrailler, S., Milton, D. A., Montgomery, C., Morato, S. A. A., Mott, T., Muñoz-Alonso, A., Murphy, J., Nguyen, T. Q., Nilson, G., Nogueira, C., Núñez, H., Orlov, N., Ota, H., Ottenwalder, J., Papenfuss, T., Pasachnik, S., Passos, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Pérez-Buitrago, N., Pérez-Mellado, V., Pianka, E. R., Pleguezuelos, J., Pollock, C., Ponce-Campos, P., Powell, R., Pupin, F., Quintero Díaz, G. E., Radder, R., Ramer, J., Rasmussen, A. R., Raxworthy, C. J., Reynolds, R., Richman, N., Rico, E. L., Riservato, E., Rivas, G., da Rocha, P. L. B., Rödel, M. O., Rodríguez Schettino, L., Roosenburg, W. M., Ross, J. P., Sadek, R., Sanders, K., Santos-Barrera, G., Schleich, H. H., Schmidt, B. R., Schmitz, A., Sharifi, M., Shea, G., Shi, H. T., Shine, R., Sindaco, R., Slimani, T., Somaweera, R., Spawls, S., Stafford, P., Stuebing, R., Sweet, S., Sy, E., Temple, H. J., Tognelli, M. F., Tolley, K., Tolson, P. J., Tuniyev, B., Tuniyev, S., üzüm, N., van Buurt, G., Van Sluys, M., Velasco, A., Vences, M., Veselý, M., Vinke, S., Vinke, T., Vogel, G., Vogrin, M., Vogt, R. C., Wearn, O. R., Werner, Y. L., Whiting, M. J., Wiewandt, T., Wilkinson, J., Wilson, B., Wren, S., Zamin, T., Zhou, K. & Zug, G., 2013, In: Biological Conservation. 157, p. 372-385 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • conservation status
  • reptile
  • reptiles
  • world
  • extinction
  475 Citations (Scopus)