| Title |
Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007241 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Scott A. Hocknull, Philip J. Piper, Gert D. van den Bergh, Rokus Awe Due, Michael J. Morwood, Iwan Kurniawan |
| Abstract |
The largest living lizard species, Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912, is vulnerable to extinction, being restricted to a few isolated islands in eastern Indonesia, between Java and Australia, where it is the dominant terrestrial carnivore. Understanding how large-bodied varanids responded to past environmental change underpins long-term management of V. komodoensis populations. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6 | 17% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 22 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 30 | 86% |
| Scientists | 4 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 161 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 153 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 17% |
| Researcher | 27 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 78 | 48% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 23 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 7% |
| Unknown | 25 | 16% |