Vulnerability of an Australian anuran tadpole assemblage to the toxic eggs of the invasive cane toad (Bufo marinus)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-203

  Crossland, Michael R ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological impact; Invasive species; Poisoning; Rhinella marina; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EGG; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TOAD; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY; VULNERABILITY;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; LACTUCA; LIMNODYNASTES CONVEXIUSCULUS;

EID: 77954267466     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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