Cane toads a threat to West Indian wildlife: Mortality of Jamaican boas attributable to toad ingestion

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-60

  Wilson, Byron S ^a,b   Koenig, Susan E ^c   van Veen, Rick ^a,b   Miersma, Erika ^c,d   Rudolph, D Craig ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Jamaican Iguana Recovery Group   (Jamaica)

^c Windsor Research Centre   (Jamaica)

^d US Peace Corps   (Jamaica)

^e USDA Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo marinus; Bufotoxin; Cane toad; Invasive species; Jamaican boa; Mortality; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; SNAKE; SUGAR CANE; TOAD; TOXIN; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); RIO GRANDE VALLEY; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO MARINUS; EPICRATES SUBFLAVUS; SACCHARUM;

EID: 78650305712     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9787-7     Document Type: Article

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