Maladaptive traits in invasive species: In Australia, cane toads are more vulnerable to predatory ants than are native frogs

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-568

  Ward Fear, Georgia ^a   Brown, Gregory P ^a   Greenlees, Matthew J ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity times; Antipredator; Ecological trap; Habitat use; Introduced species; Predation; Response to predator; Rhinella marina

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COEVOLUTION; CRYPSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FROG; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; TOAD; TRANSLOCATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; FORMICIDAE; HUMULUS; IRIDOMYRMEX REBURRUS; LIMNODYNASTES CONVEXIUSCULUS; LITORIA BICOLOR; METAMORPHA;

EID: 66149189592     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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