Detecting the impact of invasive species on native fauna: Cane toads (Bufo marinus), frillneck lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii) and the importance of spatial replication

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-130

  Ujvari, Beata ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^b   Madsen, Thomas ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cane toad; Ecological impact; Frillneck lizard; Invasive species; Replication

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY PREFERENCE; SAVANNA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOAD;

AUSTRALIA;

AGAMIDAE; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; CHLAMYDOSAURUS KINGII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77958018922     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02126.x     Document Type: Article

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