Invasive species as drivers of evolutionary change: Cane toads in tropical Australia

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-116

  Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alien species; Ecological impact; Spatial sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857593655     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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