Toad on the road: Use of roads as dispersal corridors by cane toads (Bufo marinus) at an invasion front in tropical Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-94

  Brown, Gregory P ^a   Phillips, Benjamin L ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran; Bufonid; Cane toad; Invasion route; Locomotor speed

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT CORRIDOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROAD; TOAD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 33748525202     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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