Australian tadpoles do not avoid chemical cues from invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-64

  Hagman, Mattias ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; MATE ATTRACTION; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOAD;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; HYLIDAE; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 40849130975     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07113     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Beroza, M., and Knipling, E. F. (1972). Gypsy moth control with sexual attractant pheromone. Science 177, 19-27. doi:10.1126/science.177. 4043.19
2. Bragg, A. N. (1954). Aggregation behaviour and feeding reactions in tadpoles of the savannah spadefoot. Herpetologica 10, 97-102.
3. Brennan, P. A., and Zufall, F. (2006). Pheromonal communication in vertebrates. Nature 444, 308-315. doi:10.1038/nature05404
4. Burnett, S. (1997). Colonising cane toads cause population declines in native predators: reliable anecdotal information and management implications. Pacific Conservation Biology 3, 65-72.
5. Clark, J. A., Boersma, P. D., and Olmsted, D. M. (2006). Name that tune: call discrimination and individual recognition in Magellanic penguins. Animal Behaviour 72, 1141-1148. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.04.002
6. Crossland, M. R., and Alford, R. A. (1998). Evaluation of the toxicity of eggs, hatchlings and tadpoles of the introduced toad Bufo marinus (Anura, Bufonidae) to native Australian aquatic predators. Australian Journal of Ecology 23, 129-137. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00711.x
7. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. (1949). Uber das Vorkommen von Schreckstoffen bei Erdkrotenquappen. Experientia 5, 236. doi:10.1007/BF02166898
8. El-Sayed, A. M., Suckling, D. M., Wearing, C. H., and Byers, J. A. (2006). Potential mass trapping for long-term pest management and eradication of invasive species. Journal of Economical Entomology 99, 1550-1564.
9. Frost, D. R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R. H., Haas, A., et al. (2006). The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297, 1-370. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001: TATOL]2.0.CO;2
10. Gosner, K. L. (1960). A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification. Herpetologica 16, 183-190.
11. Hagman, M., and Shine, R. (2008). Understanding the toad code: behavioural responses of cane toad (Chaunus marinus) larvae and metamorphs to chemical cues. Austral Ecology 33, 37-44.
12. Hews, D. K. (1988). Alarm response in larval western toads, Bufo boreas: release of larval chemicals by a natural predator and its effect on predator capture efficiency. Animal Behaviour 36, 125-133. doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(88)80255-0
13. Hews, D. K., and Blaustein, A. R. (1985). An investigation of the alarm response in Bufo boreas and Rana cascadae. Behavioral and Neural Biology 43, 47-57. doi:10.1016/S0163-1047(85)91482-7
14. Hrbacek, I. (1950). On the flight reaction of tadpoles of the common toad caused by chemical substances. Experientia 6, 100-101. doi:10.1007/BF02153372
15. Knight, M. E., and Turner, G. F. (1999). Reproductive isolation among closely related Lake Malawi cichlids: can males recognize conspecific females by visual cues? Animal Behaviour 58, 761-768. doi:10.1006/anbe.1999. 1206
16. Kulzer, E. (1954). Untersuchungen uber die Schreckreaktion der Erdkrotenkaulquappen (Bufo bufo). Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie 36, 443-463.
17. Lever, C. (2001). 'The Cane Toad. The History and Ecology of a Successful Colonist.' (Westbury Publishing: Otley, UK.)
18. Lever, C. (2003). 'Naturalized Reptiles and Amphibians of the World.' (Oxford University Press: Oxford.)
19. Molloy, K. L., and Henderson, W. R. (Eds) (2006). Science of cane toad invasion and control. In 'Proceedings of the IA CRC/CSIRO/Qld NRM&W Cane Toad Workshop, June 2006 Brisbane'. (Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, University of Canberra: Canberra.)
20. Oakwood, M. (2004). Case of the disappearing spots. Nature Australia 28, 26-35.
21. Pelozuelo, L., and Frerot, B. (2006). Behaviour of male European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis Hubner (Lep.; Crambidae) towards pheromone-baited delta traps, buckets and wire mesh cone traps. Journal of Applied Entomology 130, 230-237. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0418.2006.01058.x
22. Petranka, J. W. (1989). Response of toad tadpoles to conflicting chemical stimuli: predator avoidance versus optimal foraging. Herpetologica 45, 283-292.
23. Pfeiffer, W. (1966). Die Verbreitung der Schreckreaktion bei Kaulquappen und die Herkunft des Schreckstoffes. Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 52, 79-98.
24. Phillips, B. L., Brown, G. P., and Shine, R. (2003). Assessing the potential impact of cane toads on Australian snakes. Conservation Biology 17, 1738-1747. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2003.00353.x
25. Rajchard, J. (2006). Antipredator pheromones in amphibians: a review. Veterinarni Medicina 51, 409-413.
26. Richmond, N. D. (1947). Life history of Scaphiopus holbrooki holbrooki (Harlan). Part 1: Larval development and behaviour. Ecology 28, 53-67. doi:10.2307/1932918
27. Rodda, G. H., Sawai, Y., Chiszar, D., and Tanaka, H. (1999). 'Problem Snake Management: the Habu and the Brown Treesnake.' (Comstock Publishing Associates: Ithaca, NY.)
28. Spieler, M., and Linsenmair, K. E. (1999). Aggregation behaviour of Bufo maculatus as an antipredator mechanism. Ethology 105, 665-686. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00446.x
29. Summey, M. R., and Mathis, A. (1998). Alarm responses to chemical stimuli from damaged conspecifics by larval anurans: tests of three Neotropical species. Herpetologica 54, 402-408.
30. Wassersug, R. J. (1997). Assessing and controlling amphibian populations from the larval perspective. In 'Amphibians in Decline: Canadian Studies of a Global Problem. Herpetological Conservation No. 1' (Ed. D. M. Green.) pp. 271-281. (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Saint Louis, MO.)