Why be a cannibal? The benefits to cane toad, Rhinella marina [=Bufo marinus], tadpoles of consuming conspecific eggs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 775-782

  Crossland, Michael R ^a   Hearnden, Mark N ^b,c   Pizzatto, Ligia ^a   Alford, Ross A ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Primary Industries Fisheries and Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran; Bufo marinus; Cane toad; Competition; Larva; Life history; Metamorphosis; Rhinella marina

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG PREDATION; FITNESS; HATCHING DATE; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KIN SELECTION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAMORPHOSIS; NUTRITION; SYMPATRY; TOAD; TOXIN;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; METAMORPHA;

EID: 80052780468     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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