GALLERY

Publications

Van Bocxlaer, I., Loader, S.P., Roelants, K., Biju, S.D., Menegon, M. & F. Bossuyt, 2010. Gradual adaptation toward a range-expansion phenotype initiated the global radiation of toads. Science, in press.

Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Giri, V.B., Loader, S.P. & F. Bossuyt, 2009 - Two new endemic genera and a new species of toad (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Western Ghats of India. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2: 241.

Van Bocxlaer, I., Biju, S.D., Loader, S.P., & F. Bossuyt, 2009 - Toad radiation reveals into-India dispersal as a source of endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot. BMC Evol Biol 2009, 9: 131.

Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Giri, V.B., Roelants, K., Nagaraju, J. & F. Bossuyt, 2007 - A new nighfrog, Nyctibatrachus minimus sp. nov. (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae): The smallest frog from India. Current Science 93 (6): 854-858.

Van Bocxlaer, I., Roelants, K., Biju, S.D., Nagaraju, J. & F. Bossuyt, 2006 - Late Cretaceous Vicariance in Gondwanan Amphibians. PLoS ONE 1 (1): e74. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000074

Ines completed her Master's degree in 2005 under the supervision of Franky Bossuyt and S D Biju, mainly focusing on phylogenetic relationships in ancient lineages of ranid frogs. Now she is about to finish her PhD on patterns of vicariance and dispersal at different spatial and temporal levels. Her work includes (1) The early biogeographic history of Natatanura (Ranoids) and Microhylidae in light of the sequential tectonic break-up of Gondwana, (2) Tertiary dispersal routes between present-day continents, and (3) Tertiary colonization of India from Eurasia and the influence of the Himalayan mountain range. She is not only interested to understand how dispersal happened, but also why, i.e. what morphological and molecular adaptations have promoted range shifts.

Ines Van Bocxlaer

PhD student

Research

Dispersal and adaptation in anurans