Desiccation risk drives the spatial ecology of an invasive anuran (Rhinella marina) in the Australian semi-desert

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Tingley, Reid ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; DIURNAL ANIMAL; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVAPORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; RHINELLA MARINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOAD; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; FROGS AND TOADS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AUSTRALIA; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; ECOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

EID: 80054718579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025979     Document Type: Article

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