Interacting impacts of invasive plants and invasive toads on native lizards

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-422

  Price Rees, Samantha J ^a   Brown, Gregory P ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bufo marinus; Ecological impact; Invasion; Preadaptation

Indexed keywords

BUFADIENOLIDE DERIVATIVE; BUFALIN; TOXIN;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INGESTION RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; NATIVE SPECIES; OMNIVORY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SELECTION; TOAD; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUFO MARINUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; KALANCHOE; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BUFANOLIDES; BUFO MARINUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; KALANCHOE; LIZARDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BRYOPHYLLUM; BUFO MARINUS; CRASSULACEAE; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA SCINCOIDES;

EID: 84863404092     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664184     Document Type: Article

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