Effects of an invasive anuran [the cane toad (Bufo marinus)] on the invertebrate fauna of a tropical Australian floodplain

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-438

  Greenlees, M J ^a   Brown, G P ^a   Webb, J K ^a   Phillips, B L ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anurans; Invasive species; Invertebrates; Mechanisms; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOAD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750174074     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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