Invasion, stress, and spinal arthritis in cane toads

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 45, 2007, Pages 17698-17700

  Brown, Gregory P ^a   Shilton, Cathy ^b   Phillips, Benjamin L ^a   Shine, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Berrimah Veterinary Laboratories ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran; Colonization; Invasive species; Locomotion; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOSIS; STRESS; TOAD;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUSTRALIA; BUFO MARINUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; STRESS;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 36749020609     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705057104     Document Type: Article

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