Predation on toxic cane toads (Bufo marinus) may imperil bluetongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides intermedia, Scincidae) in tropical Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-173

  Price Rees, Samantha J ^a   Brown, Gregory P ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological impact; Invasive species; Rhinella marina; Tiliqua intermedia; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; NATIVE SPECIES; ODOR; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOAD; TOXICITY;

ADELAIDE RIVER; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALLIGATOR; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); ELAPIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; METATHERIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; TILIQUA SCINCOIDES; VARANIDAE;

EID: 77951430490     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR09170     Document Type: Article

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