The enduring toxicity of road-killed cane toads (Rhinella marina)

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2135-2145

  Crossland, Michael ^a   Brown, Gregory ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological impact; Fishes; Invasive species; Leeches; Poisoning; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

CULLING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT CORRIDOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; LEECH; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; POISONING; POND; ROADKILL; TOAD; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXICITY; TOXIN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; CYCLORANA AUSTRALIS; ERPOBDELLIDAE; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; LITORIA ROTHII; MOGURNDA MOGURNDA; PISCES;

EID: 80051472205     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0031-x     Document Type: Article

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