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  1. Hurricane‐associated population decrease in a critically endangered long‐lived reptile

    Article • Biotropica, March 2022, Wiley

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  2. Drug cartels respond to the pandemic

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade, December 2021, Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade (SBMFC)

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  3. Predation on the nonnative Puerto Rican crested anole (Anolis cristatellus) by the Dominican House Wren (Troglodytes aedon rufescens) on the Commonwealth of Dominica

    Article • The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, October 2021, Wilson Ornithological Society

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  4. Importation of ornamental plants facilitates establishment of the Common House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron, in the Lesser Antilles

    Article • Caribbean Herpetology, June 2021, Caribbean Herpetology

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  5. A genus-wide analysis of genetic variation to guide population management, hybrid identification, and monitoring of invasions and illegal trade in Iguana (Reptilia: Iguanidae)

    Article • Conservation Genetics Resources, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  6. Biosecurity for humanitarian aid

    Article • Science, May 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  7. Lachryphagy by cockroaches: reptile tears to increase reproductive output?

    Article • Neotropical Biodiversity, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  8. The global need to address threats from invasive alien iguanas

    Article • Animal Conservation, November 2020, Wiley

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  9. Water deprivation drives intraspecific variability in lizard heat tolerance

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, November 2020, Elsevier

    Matthijs P. van den Burg, Dr David Vieites

  10. Illegal trade of morphologically distinct populations prior to taxonomic assessment and elevation, with recommendations for future prevention

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, October 2020, Elsevier

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  11. The continuing march of Common Green Iguanas: arrival on mainland Asia

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, October 2020, Elsevier

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  12. ACDC, a global database of amphibian cytochrome-b sequences using reproducible curation for GenBank records

    Article • Scientific Data, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Vieites, Matthijs P. van den Burg

  13. No need for artificial light: nocturnal activity by a diurnal reptile under lunar light

    Article • Neotropical Biodiversity, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  14. Post-hurricane relief facilitates invasion and establishment of two invasive alien vertebrate species in the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies

    Article • Biological Invasions, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  15. The complete mitochondrial genome of the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana (Iguana delicatissima; Squamata: Iguanidae)

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  16. Anthropogenic mortality in the Critically Endangered Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima) on St. Eustatius

    Article • Reptiles & Amphibians, August 2018, The University of Kansas

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  17. Arboreality and diet in Pacific Long-tailed Snakes, Enulius flavitorques (Squamata: Dipsadidae), and a potential adaptive hypothesis for egg attendance in Honduran Leaf-toed Geckos, Phyllodactylus palmeus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)

    Article • Reptiles & Amphibians, April 2018, The University of Kansas

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  18. Iguana delicatissima: van den Burg, M., Breuil, M. & Knapp, C.

    Article • March 2018, IUCN

    Matthijs P. van den Burg

  19. The Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima) on St. Eustatius: Genetically Depauperate and Threatened by Ongoing Hybridization

    Article • Journal of Heredity, February 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Matthijs P. van den Burg