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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025

Pleistocene island connectivity did not enhance dispersal or impact population size change in Galápagos geckos.

Edward A Myers, Rayna C Bell, Isaac Overcast, Jaime A Chaves, Omar Torres-Carvajal

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Edward A MyersDepartment of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5369-6329
Rayna C BellDepartment of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0123-8833
Isaac OvercastInstitute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jaime A ChavesColegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Omar Torres-CarvajalMuseo de Zoología QCAZ, Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-0041-9250

Funding

California Academy of Sciences Islands 2030Lakeside FellowshipPUCEUniversidad San Francisco de Quito GAIAS Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patterns of biodiversity on remote archipelagos are largely shaped by intra-archipelago colonization followed by

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Animal DistributionLizardsAnimalsBiodiversityEcuadorGene FlowIslandsPopulation DensitydemographyGalápagosintrogressionoceanic islandPhyllodactylusPleistocene

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PMID40425164
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