The toad ahead: Challenges of modelling the range and spread of an invasive species

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 222-234

  Phillips, Benjamin L ^a   Chipperfield, Joseph D ^b   Kearney, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOME RANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDICTION; RANGE EXPANSION; TOAD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 43949094550     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07101     Document Type: Review

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