Direct and indirect effects of the introduced toad Bufo marinus (Anura: Bufonidae) on populations of native anuran larvae in Australia

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-290

  Crossland, Michael R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOAD; TOXICITY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; BUFONIDAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LIMNODYNASTES ORNATUS; LITORIA RUBELLA;

EID: 0034046706     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00283.x     Document Type: Article

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