List of works by Dennis Hansen

Carrion mimicry in a South African orchid: flowers attract a narrow subset of the fly assemblage on animal carcasses

scientific article

Chromosome-level genome assembly for the Aldabra giant tortoise enables insights into the genetic health of a threatened population

scientific article published in January 2022

Coloured nectar: distribution, ecology, and evolution of an enigmatic floral trait

scientific article

Conservation and restoration of plant–animal mutualisms on oceanic islands

article

Decline in abundance and health state of an Atlantic subtropical gorgonian population

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Diet composition of the invasive red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus in Mauritius

article

Ecological and evolutionary legacy of megafauna extinctions.

scientific article

Ecological history and latent conservation potential: large and giant tortoises as a model for taxon substitutions

article

Ecology. The forgotten megafauna

scientific article

Evaluation of artificial heating sources for the thermoregulation of Aldabra giant tortoises ( Aldabrachelys gigantea ) in Zurich zoo

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Exotic pest insects: another perspective on coffee and conservation

article by Christopher N. Kaiser et al published January 2008 in Oryx

Floral signposts: testing the significance of visual 'nectar guides' for pollinator behaviour and plant fitness.

scientific article published on 27 July 2011

Frugivory and seed dispersal by chelonians: a review and synthesis

scientific article published on 13 October 2019

Giant tortoise habitats under increasing drought conditions on Aldabra Atoll—Ecological indicators to monitor rainfall anomalies and related vegetation activity

article published in 2017

Habitat Structure Affects Reproductive Success of the Rare Endemic Tree Syzygium mamillatum (Myrtaceae) in Restored and Unrestored Sites in Mauritius

Impact of introduced honey bees on native pollination interactions of the endemic Echium wildpretii (Boraginaceae) on Tenerife, Canary Islands

Ingestion by an endemic frugivore enhances seed germination of endemic plant species but decreases seedling survival of exotics

article

Invasive Ants Disrupt Gecko Pollination and Seed Dispersal of the Endangered PlantRoussea simplexin Mauritius

article

Island rewilding with giant tortoises in an era of climate change

scientific article published on 22 October 2018

Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2: Rewilding

Low-coverage reduced representation sequencing reveals subtle within-island genetic structure in Aldabra giant tortoises

scientific article published on 18 March 2022

Mauritian coloured nectar no longer a mystery: a visual signal for lizard pollinators

scientific article

Native birds and insects, and introduced honey bees visiting Echium wildpretii (Boraginaceae) in the Canary Islands

article by Alfredo Valido et al published December 2002 in Acta Oecologica

Non-native megaherbivores: the case for novel function to manage plant invasions on islands ⬇️

scientific article

Origins of endemic island tortoises in the western Indian Ocean: a critique of the human-translocation hypothesis

Patterns of activity and body temperature of Aldabra giant tortoises in relation to environmental temperature.

scientific article

Persistence of distinctive morphotypes in the native range of the CITES-listed Aldabra giant tortoise ⬇️

scientific article published on 7 November 2015

Positive indirect interactions between neighboring plant species via a lizard pollinator

scientific article published in April 2007

Reply to Rubenstein and Rubenstein: Time to move on from ideological debates on rewilding

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Resurrecting extinct interactions with extant substitutes

scientific article

Rewilding defaunated Atlantic Forests with tortoises to restore lost seed dispersal functions

Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

scientific article

Seed dispersal and establishment of endangered plants on Oceanic Islands: the Janzen-Connell model, and the use of ecological analogues

scientific article

Substratum-dependent responses of ciliate assemblages to temperature: a natural experiment in Icelandic streams

article

The Openness of a Flower and Its Number of Flower-Visitor Species

scientific article (publication date: August 2007)

The anatomy, paleobiology, and evolutionary relationships of the largest extinct side-necked turtle ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

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