Can we use the tadpoles of Australian frogs to reduce recruitment of invasive cane toads?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 462-470

  Cabrera Guzmán, Elisa ^a   Crossland, Michael ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bufonidae; Competition; Invasive species; Larvae; Rhinella marina

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BREEDING SITE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; BUFONIDAE; CYCLORANA AUSTRALIS; HYLIDAE; LITORIA CAERULEA; LITORIA RUBELLA; LITORIA TORNIERI; MYOBATRACHIDAE; RUBELLA;

EID: 79952585176     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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