Publications

the requirement for natural sunlight to prevent vitamin d deficiency in iguanian lizards.	to investigate possible causes of embryonic and neonatal mortality in a group of captive fijian iguanas (brachylophus fasciatus and brachylophus vitiensis), the vitamin d status of adults in the colony was compared with that of agamid and iguanid lizards either housed in indoor enclosures under artificial ultraviolet light or exposed to natural sunlight (wild-caught or captive animals housed outdoors). those under artificial lighting had a significantly lower vitamin d status than those housed e ...	2001	12785683
molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history.	the pacific iguanas of the fijian and tongan archipelagos are a biogeographic enigma in that their closest relatives are found only in the new world. they currently comprise two genera and four species of extinct and extant taxa. the two extant species, brachylophus fasciatus from fiji, tonga, and vanuatu and brachylophus vitiensis from western fiji, are of considerable conservation concern with b. vitiensis listed as critically endangered. a recent molecular study has shown that brachylophus co ...	2008	18782726
spatial ecology of the critically endangered fijian crested iguana, brachylophus vitiensis, in an extremely dense population: implications for conservation.	the critically endangered fijian crested iguana, brachylophus vitiensis, occurs at extreme density at only one location, with estimates of >10,000 iguanas living on the 70 hectare island of yadua taba in fiji. we conducted a mark and recapture study over two wet seasons, investigating the spatial ecology and intraspecific interactions of the strictly arboreal fijian crested iguana. this species exhibits moderate male-biased sexual size dimorphism, which has been linked in other lizard species to ...	2013	24019902