Typhoid Mary in the frogpond: Can we use native frogs to disseminate a lungworm biocontrol for invasive cane toads?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-552

  Pizzatto, L ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bufo marinus; Bufonidae; Hylidae; Nematode; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FROG; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; BUFONIDAE; HYLIDAE; LITORIA CAERULEA; METAMORPHA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; RHABDIAS;

EID: 84871360515     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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