Giant tortoises spread to western Indian Ocean islands by sea drift in pre-Holocene times, not by later human agency – response to Wilmé et al. (2016a)

Anthony S. Cheke; Miguel Pedrono; Roger Bour; Atholl Anderson; Christine Griffiths; John B. Iverson; Julian P. Hume; Martin Walsh

doi:10.1111/jbi.12882

Giant tortoises spread to western Indian Ocean islands by sea drift in pre-Holocene times, not by later human agency – response to Wilmé et al. (2016a)

Anthony S. Cheke^*
, Miguel Pedrono
, Roger Bour
, Atholl Anderson
, Christine Griffiths
, John B. Iverson
, Julian P. Hume
, Martin Walsh

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Evidence from DNA phylogeny, Plio-Pleistocene ocean currents, giant tortoise dispersal, evolution of plant defences, radiocarbon dates and archaeology indicates that the endemic giant tortoises on the Mascarenes and Seychelles colonized naturally and were not translocated there by humans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1426-1429
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Biogeography
Volume	44
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12882
Publication status	Published - Jun 2017

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Giant tortoises spread to western Indian Ocean islands by sea drift in pre-Holocene times, not by later human agency – response to Wilmé et al. (2016a)

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