The first substantiated case of trans‐oceanic tortoise dispersal

@article{Gerlach2006TheFS,
  title={The first substantiated case of trans‐oceanic tortoise dispersal},
  author={Justin Gerlach and Catharine Muir and Matthew D. Richmond},
  journal={Journal of Natural History},
  year={2006},
  volume={40},
  pages={2403 - 2408},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:86037101}
}
This is the first direct evidence of a tortoise surviving such a sea‐crossing, and it is assumed that trans‐oceanic dispersal is the mechanism by which tortoises became established on islands throughout the world.
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